Friday 16 March marked the conclusion of 14 days of strike action – the longest and most successful period of industrial action in the history of the UCU. Shortly before noon pickets and supporters gathered at the Gower Street entrance for a demonstration (see photo above). This is to thank all those that supported our…
The results of the ballot have been published and nationally the turnout was 58% with 88% of members who voted, voting YES for strike action. UCL saw 90% voting for strike action and 95% for action short of a strike on a 57% turnout. This is the most solid vote for industrial action in a…
Please find below a report on Thurs 18 May’s momentous Academic Board (AB) Special Meeting. This report has been distributed by email to UCL UCU members. The meeting was called by 22 signatories of a letter in response to a Survey of Board members on the current state of the university and its Management. The…
This message is especially directed at our members on Academic Board, but it is important that the wider membership is aware of what is happening too. A new Governance Committee has been set up by academic board after an unprecedented Special Meeting on which we recently reported. This committee is charged with scrutinizing decisions and…
We invite you to contribute to the all-staff, anonymous ‘consultation’ on the grading process launched by UCL on 8 June 2017 (closes 5pm 23 June).See The Week@UCL and the UCL Staff News website article. We are proposing that colleagues respond to the consultation and when doing so score the Likert scale questions 1 – 6 as ‘N/A’ and…
