Strike announcement
The UCU strike action due to begin on Monday has been called off. This is the joint statement agreed by UCU and the University: “UCU and the University have met...
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...
Events for Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January
Remembering those lost during the Holocaust Holocaust Memorial Day is an important day for reflection, remembering the terrible tragedies of the past so that they are not repeated and...
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...
The fight continues
A resolute branch meeting on the 22nd December debated the next steps in our industrial dispute. The meeting heard from one of members affected and we reiterated our solidarity...
#TransLivesMatter Teach Out Follow-up
Tuesday 15 December from 12:00-1:30 #TransLivesMatter. Headline speaker: Laura Miles, trans activist and author of Transgender Resistance, Socialism and Trans Liberation (Bookmarks Publications, 2020) During the fourth day of...
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:...