Marking and Assessment Boycott
University managers continue to refuse to make serious offers to address inequalities, casualisation, excessive workloads and pay cuts. Faced with employers’ intransigence, UCU members have voted to undertake a...
Strike Fund
Weʼre raising money to help support University of Brighton UCU members in financial difficulty as a result of industrial action in 2021-22 Management at the University of Brighton are...
Strike Monday 28 March to Friday 1 April
Inflation surges – this is getting ridiculous Inflation today reached 8.2% (on the RPI figure which is more realistic than the 6.2% CPI figure). The highest level of inflation for 30 years...
Brighton UCU Members’ Meeting, 16 March 2022
The following motions were passed: Congress Motion on Anti-trade union laws Congress believes The Tories anti-trade union laws are designed to prevent workers taking effective industrial action. Despite the...
Brighton UCU Members’ Meeting, 16 February 2022
MOTIONS 1: Creation of GTAs Brighton UCU notes The University’s proposal to turn PGRs who teach into GTAs at Grade 6. The lowest grade for lecturing at UoB is Grade...
Preparing for Strike Action
Preparing for strike action Our next strike action in the Four Fights dispute is on Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd February. This will be followed up with strikes on...
Strike action over the Four Fights
Strike action over the Four Fights On 27 January UCU General Secretary, Jo Grady, announced the strike days for our Higher Education disputes. https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12072/Strike-dates-in-Four-Fights-and-USS-disputes For our Four Fights dispute,...
Strike Schedule. Wed 1 – Fri 3 December
All out Wednesday-Friday this week Our three-day strike starts tomorrow (Wednesday). We have a legal mandate for industrial action and UCU expects all members to heed the strike call and to...
Using Zoom for Virtual Pickets
Make the most of the Virtual Picket or Zoom Meeting Dress in your picket outfit. Set your pronouns in Zoom. Click on on the Participants Button along the...
Student statement
UCU STRIKE Student statement With this statement we, the students of Brighton University, want to express our solidarity with staff planning on taking strike action on the 1st, 2nd...