Rally, Monday 8 Feb. No Start to Semester 2!
Brighton UCU members will begin their second wave of strike action against compulsory redundancies on Monday 8th February. The action has been called in opposition to compulsory redundancies among...
Welcome to the Amazon© University of Brighton?
In February 2020, several Vice Chancellors attended a presentation by Amazon, “How Amazon Helps Universities Innovate”. The image here shows our own VC Debra Humphris sitting in the second...
Student/Staff Assembly. Tuesday 26 Jan 2021, 12-1pm
Enough is enough. Students are being treated like cash cows. Staff are being made redundant without justification. University education is a public good yet it is being treated as...
Strike Dates in Feb 2021
Strikes UCU members will strike for the 5 days in the first week of Semester 2: Monday 8th – Friday 12th February. We do not take the decision to...
Tuesday 15. Drop-in virtual picket
Join on the Grand Parade Campus picket line between 9.30 and 11am. Bring solidarity messages and donations to our strike fund if possible, and tell us what’s happening at your...
Monday 14 Dec. Student-organised demo in support of the strike
“Student rally to support of the lecturers and to voice student concerns and demands. Staff Welcome” Monday 14 December. 12-2pm. Moulsecoomb campus The event page on Facebook is here:...
Days 4 and 5. #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter teach outs
At Day 3 of our strike against job losses for IT staff at the University, John McDonnell MP reminded us that education: “is a gift from one generation to...
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...