June 2019
A new General Secretary and a new dynamism at UCU Congress The text of all the motions and their outcomes can be found at https://www.ucu.org.uk/Congress2019 UCU’s annual Congress took place...
May 2019
The Coordinating Committee here at Brighton has taken a decision to support one of the candidates: Jo McNeill – and is recommending that members vote for her. The ballot...
Ensure that you post your ballot by Monday 20th of May
Ballot papers You should by now have received your ballot paper for the election for General Secretary of the UCU. If you have not yet received it to your...
April 2019
27th April Stand Up To Racism (SUtR) To which UCU is affiilated, has called a Day of Action Against UKIP for next Saturday, 27th April. UKIP is standing candidates in...
March 2019
26th March Following the considerable opposition to the termination of Yaa Asare’s contract We are happy to report that our fellow member has been assured of a permanent contract....
Feb 2019
11th February UCU elections Hustings Elections for the highest lay office of the UCU are now open. You should shortly be receiving ballot papers for the election of the...
Jan 2019
18th January The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched an inquiry to understand the types of racial harassment experienced at publicly funded higher education institutions (HEIs), such as...
Nov 2018
22nd November UCU update on the Workload Agreement implementation 12th November Report on the UCU Special Higher Education Sector Conference held in Manchester on 7th November on the pay...
Sept 2018
26th September Voting in Democracy Commission Elections. The coordinating committee has agreed to endorse the UCULeft recommendiations (see here) which aim to ensure that left candidates committed to greater union democracy...
Aug 2018
9th August Solidarity with Bookmarks. The Coordinating Committee of the UCU at the University of Brighton offers its support to Bookmarks and its staff in the wake of the...