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...
June 2018
25th June UCU NEC has accepted that the Recall Congress of UCU will now go ahead and debate motions 10 and 11. See report here 22nd June Brief report of SHESC here...
May 2018
31st May UCU Congress report Colleagues, Please find here my second report from UCU Congress. It will be circulated to delegates on Friday as the UCU Left response to the statement...
April 2018
20th April Dispute over breach of promotions procedure. See full statement here and look out for forthcoming branch meetings....
March 2018
15th March Brighton members support staff and students at demonstration at Sussex today Following overwhelming rejection of ‘deal’ the strike continued this week with a demonstratio by staff and students...
Feb 2018
22nd Feb Solidarity with USS strike. Great to be with our banner to show solidarity with our colleagues at Sussex striking in defence of the USS pension. Great to...
Jan 2018
31st January Why our colleagues in Pre-92 institutions are right to be striking – see letter to the Guardian here. The support we can give to colleagues in the pre-92...
Dec 2017
23rd December Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year. 2017 was a tough year but over two disputes we successfully defended our negotiating rights, AC3 to AC4...
Nov 2017
30th November – More messages of solidarity. Chesterfield College, Sussex University (Sara Crangle), Winchester University, Leicester University, Prof Meg Maguire (King’s College London), Laura Miles (UCU Trustee and NEC...