Union letter to the Provost
The letter below was sent from UCL UCU to the Provost on Monday 2nd March. We are awaiting a response.


The letter below was sent from UCL UCU to the Provost on Monday 2nd March. We are awaiting a response.


As your local Branch Officers met on Tuesday this week with UCL senior management to discuss UCL’s position on the proposed changes to the USS we learn that the UCL Provost has claimed that there will be “not a penny more” for the USS. The meeting heard from the Directors of Finance and HR and…
For the following reasons UCL UCU Executive Committee recommend that you vote ‘no’ in the UCU online consultation ‘e-ballot’ over the UUK offer that begins today (closing 13 April). We therefore encourage members to vote ‘no’ in the USS consultation. Even if the vote is ultimately in favour of accepting, the larger the ‘no’ vote, the…
Dear UCL-UCU colleague Day 3: brief report Despite forecasts of heavy rain, day 3 of the national HE strike saw solid pickets around UCL on many entrances. The Gower St site was extremely quiet. Students are increasingly staying away realising that there are no lectures taking place. Elsewhere, there were large pickets at Malet Place….
UCL UCU members voted overwhelmingly (80% and higher) in favour of strike action and action short of strike. Thanks to the wonderful hard work by many members, we are pleased to report that more than 50% of members balloted voted in the pay and pension ballots. UCL UCU members voted overwhelmingly (80% and higher) in favour of…
As we prepare to take strike action (starting on 22 February) this is to encourage you to write to your MP asking them to support our campaign to defend USS and sign Early Day Motion 619 on defending academic pensions (currently supported by 62 MPs). At the conclusion of the first five days of our strike action we invite…
Resources available to help with convincing colleagues about the threat to the USS posed by the employers proposals. To help with convincing colleagues about the threat to the USS posed by the employers proposals: