Sign the Open Letter to the Board of Governors
A group of members have worked on an open letter to send to the Board of Governors at the University of Brighton. The letter highlights the key areas of...
Day 3. Fightin’ Brighton! Fighting for our universities. Students and staff together. Thursday 10 Dec.
Co-organised and hosted by the UCU Solidarity Movement, this online rally will highlight how staff and students’ interests are one and the same. Solidarity Student and Staff Rally 12pm,...
Day 2. “Pickets Unite! Brighton University and Rolls Royce joint virtual picket” Monday 7 Dec
A World First On Monday we are pioneering an experiment in picketing. In what we believe will be the first instance ever of digital secondary picketing, our real-world picket...
After the Online Solidarity Rally
Report to members: Yesterday’s solidarity rally was a great success, attracting nearly 300 attendees. It was opened by UCU’s General Secretary Jo Grady who praised Brighton members for our...
Industrial dispute over compulsory redundancies
The strike days are 2nd, 7th, 10th, 15th & 16th December. In addition, we have called ASOS in the form of a work-to-contract starting on 3rd December and continuing indefinitely. Where are we with...
Solidarity Strike Rally – Wed 2nd December 12 noon
University of Brighton UCU Save IT Staff! Stop the redundancies! #ChooseHuman Zoom Registration for the online rally: When: Dec 2, 2020 12:00 PM London Register in advance for this...
IT Redundancies – Ballot Result
Industrial action ballot result The result of Brighton UCU’s industrial action ballot was announced this afternoon. On a 60.3% turnout, the votes for strike action and for action short...
PGRs as staff – not students (online event)
This online event will run on Wednesday 25 November, from 12:00 to 1.30pm. UCU has adopted a policy to campaign for PGRs to be recognised as members of staff....
OPEN FORUM – hosted by University of Brighton UCU
Date: Thursday, 22nd October Time: 1.30pm-3pm Joining code for Microsoft Teams: 7fcaou8 Instructions: how to join a team || Video: how to join a team and video call “All...
Fighting to stop redundancies – ballot result
We are pleased to announce that the result of our consultative e-ballot on whether to escalate the dispute with the University over the threat of compulsory redundancies was 89%...