June 2017
13th June No Trade Union Victimisation at Brighton – please sign the petition 7th June AGMs and new branch executives elected. We will be updating branch contact lists as AGMs take...
May 2017
22nd May Workload Agreement The final agreed version of the Workload agreement is here. We will be producing guidance and branches will organise meetings to help members check their workload...
Dispute 2017
Why we are taking industrial action Members of the lecturers’ trade union, the UCU, are taking action to defend the jobs, pay and conditions of employment of academic staff...
Hastings Campaign
Hastings University Campus – Why we must save it, and how we can do it! 15th November The Future of Higher Education in Hastings: A New University Centre: Report on...
Pay Campaign 2016
Strike Day 5th July Tuesday 5th July) witnessed a magnificent demonstration of teachers and lecturers in Brighton. Striking teachers, members of the NUT from this part of Sussex, joined...
January 2016 – Local Issues Updates
The Financial Health of the University of Brighton a UCU analysis Much concern has been raised by the VC’s references to challenging financial situation of the University and how...
Lecturers Common Interest Group – November 2015
Headlines from Lecturers Common Interest Group 4th November 2015 Effect on academic staff of the administrative restructuring The administrative restructure has now entered Phase 3 where it will deal...
UCU Congress 2015
Motions passed at quorate branch meetings at the university of Brighton for consideration at UCU Congress and UCU Higher Education Sector Conference 2015: Motions for Congress: UCU and BDS...
Lecturers Common Interest Group – October 2014
October 2014 The situation resulting from under-recruitment in a programme area in Art Design and Media led to staff raising a number of concerns and members of the UCU...
UCU Congress 2014 – Report from your delegates
The national congress of the UCU was held in Manchester on 29th & 30th May. The Higher Education section of the conference was dominated by a debate about why...