UCL UCU is hosting an Open Meeting to discuss UCL Management’s proposals on Statute 18 and disciplinary “reform”. This is a significant threat to the due process rights of These rights defend academic freedom at UCL by placing significant safeguards on the use of career-ending disciplinary processes. Please read our 10 Frequently Asked Questions about Statute 18 document…
If you are a member of AB, please do your best to attend the forthcoming meeting on Wednesday 30 October. Very important issues of employment rights for academic staff (including Teaching staff and Research staff) and, by extension, to other staff have been tabled for discussion.
The meeting is called to discuss proposals in front of Academic Board and Council which may lead to the weakening of protections for UCL academic staff currently set out in Statute 18.
Below is a note for our members on the Academic Board about a planned attack on Statute 18 by UCL Senior Management.
We are writing to highlight a developing and serious dispute between the UCU and UCL over the interpretation of Statute 18, the part of UCL’s Charter and Statutes intended to protect academic freedom at UCL (see Appendix below). Statute 18 places additional requirements on procedures that might lead to the dismissal of academic staff that…
It is our duty to inform colleagues of serious and ongoing issues regarding governance and academic freedom at UCL. This matter concerns: We write to you now, because we believe that the Statute 18 Tribunal Panel that UCL senior management have unilaterally appointed in this case has been constructed to guarantee an outcome whereby that…
