Extreme heat – AGM now online only, Thursday 25 June 2026 from 1-2.30pm Due to the Met Office Red weather warning for extreme heat on Thursday, the executive committee has decided to move the Annual General Meeting to a fully online meeting. Please see the registration link that has been emailed to members. We apologise for any inconvenience caused, but…
Seven motions have been submitted for our UCL UCU Annual General Meeting taking place on Thursday 25 June 2026 (1-2.30pm). See Appendix 1 for details. All members are warmly encouraged to attend. Amendments Members are invited to submit amendments to the motions at Appendix 1. Please email any proposed amendments to ucu@ucl.ac.uk by 5pm on Monday 22nd June. Meeting Registration The meeting…
This update is to
1. remind you that the boycott of “MyAppraisal” continues, and
2. clarify that staff can choose to use “paper” (MS Word document) appraisal forms, rather than the online MyAppraisal system, and that there is no penalty attached to doing so. The sole exception to this is Grade 10 staff, whose appraisals have never used these Word documents. All other staff can continue to do so.
A reminder of our UCL UCU Annual General Meeting: Thursday 25 June 2026 (13:00 – 14:30). All members are warmly encouraged to attend.
For the in-person meeting, which is being held in Malet Place, Engineering, Room 1.20, food will be available from 12.30, and the business of the meeting will start at 13.00.
In support of the UCL UCU position supporting Palestine and supporting the campaign for UCL to end its ties with Google, members are invited to this event co-organised by BDS@UCL and The United Tech and Allied Workers (UTAW) branch of the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
When the Teaching Concordat was introduced in 2020, it represented a step forward for the recognition of teaching staff and a commitment by UCL to value and treat us fairly. Over the past few years, however, we have been made aware of many breaches of the Concordat, particularly affecting fixed-term staff and/or lecturers (teaching).
Nominations for branch officer positions have now closed. As there are a number of Executive Committee places still unfilled, the outgoing committee has agreed to extend nominations for ordinary members of the Executive Committee until Monday 22nd June 2026.
If you are interested in joining your local UCL UCU branch committee, there is still an opportunity to complete and submit this form. The Deputy Returning Officer Nicola Countouris should receive confirmation of nominations.
The hybrid AGM will take place on Thursday 25 June 2026 between 1.00-2.30pm, and later that afternoon, from 5pm, there will be a Branch Social. Full details have been emailed to members. At the AGM, the new Executive Committee (EC) for 2026/27 will be elected, we need more volunteers so please read on if you are interested in standing! …
There are two time-imminent actions asked for members in this message 1) Solidarity with Palestine unity demonstration this Saturday 16 May This is a call for colleagues to join the national demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 16 May. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to which UCU is affiliated, says: On Saturday May 16th we need everyone…
This is a reminder that a General Meeting of UCL UCU is taking place Tuesday 12th May 2026, at 1pm. No amendments to the motion ‘Against UCL’s surveillance of students and staff’ (see Appendix 1) were submitted. As only one motion is on the agenda, it is proposed to spend the remaining time discussing campaigns on MyAppraisal and…
