Please sign our petition to the Provost Letter to the Provost + Petition On Monday, the UCL UCU branch executive wrote to the Provost Michael Arthur to ask him to use his offices to help resolve the dispute. As we have had no response, and time is short, we have launched a Petition to the Provost which we encourage…
Day 6: Brief report – Wednesday 4 March was day 6 of our second phase of strikes at UCL. The strike is solid. Credit is due to Malet Place strikers who produced their own ‘We are the University’ banner on the picket line. Students are increasingly spending time talking to strikers, offering support, wearing stickers…
The IOE Picket line has laid down the gauntlet in the picket line sing out challenge in UCL. Who can do better?
This is a reminder that we have scheduled a UCL UCU Extraordinary General Meeting which will take place tomorrow, Friday 6 March, 1-2pm in the Archaeology LT, Gordon Square. The Archaeology LT is an accessible venue. We have received two further motions for debate: an additional rule change motion (for UCU Congress) and a motion concerning our…
Day 5: Brief report – Tuesday 3 March was day 5 of our second phase of strikes at UCL. There were pickets on all the main entrances of UCL and a mobilisation at noon outside the Student Centre. The Institute of Child Health (ICH) has been quiet for most of the strike, but yesterday there…
Monday 2 March was day 4 of our second phase of strikes at UCL. Picketing continued across the central UCL campus all morning, before some came together for a photo call outside the UCL Institute of Education. Colleagues commented that students seemed if anything increasingly supportive of the strike, with many stopping to talk. We…
The letter below was sent from UCL UCU to the Provost on Monday 2nd March. We are awaiting a response.
We have scheduled a further UCL UCU Extraordinary General Meeting which will take place on Friday 6 March, 1-2pm. The EGM will take place in the Archaeology LT, Gordon Square. The Archaeology LT is an accessible venue. We have received two motions for debate and, if passed, submitted to UCU Congress. The first motion (see Appendix 1 below)…
Day 3: Brief report: Wednesday was day 3 of our second phase of strikes at UCL. Determined picketing continued across the central UCL campus all morning, before pickets joined a rally outside the offices of the employers’ organisations, UCEA and UUK, in Tavistock Square Gardens. The rally and demonstration that followed saw delegations from Cambridge…
Despite the damp start, the weather did not dampen spirits on picket lines at UCL yesterday. Day 1: Brief report Many departments reported solid turnouts across campus in our latest wave of action over pensions and ‘four fights’ campaigns. The numbers on the picket lines were comparable to our strikes last year and in 2018….
