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UCL UCU
UCL University & College Union
UCU is the trade union representing university staff across the Higher Education sector
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    Elections for Academic Board Working Group on Definitions of Racism and Prejudice

    Byadmin January 24, 2020February 20, 2025

    This message is for the attention of members of UCL’s Academic Board (AB). The election of members to the AB Working Group on Definitions of Racism and Prejudice opens today, Friday 24 Jan. AB members should already have received an email with the list of candidates and their statements. This election is happening because Senior…

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  • Four Fights | USS

    Next steps in the USS and ‘Four Fights’ campaigns

    Byadmin January 15, 2020February 20, 2025

    This is a reminder that we have called an Extraordinary General Meeting this Thursday 16 January in Cruciform Lecture Theatre 2, Cruciform Building, Gower Street (Cruciform Lecture Theatre 2 is an accessible venue) All union members are welcome to attend and vote. This meeting is the first opportunity to discuss the national USS and ‘Four Fights’…

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    Teaching Fellows put SMT under pressure – time to get organised

    Byadmin January 10, 2020February 20, 2025

    Our eight days of strike action last term revealed a level of frustration among many groups of staff about their own conditions at work. Colleagues shared experiences on the picket line and discovered they were not alone. Our strike action over USS pensions was concurrent with strike action over pay, contract insecurity (‘casualisation’), workload and…

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    Calling notice for Extraordinary General Meeting – Thu 16 Jan, 1pm-2pm, Cruciform LT2

    Byadmin January 9, 2020February 20, 2025

    This is a formal calling notice for an Extraordinary General Meeting of UCL UCU which will be held on Thursday 16 January from 13:00-14:00 at Cruciform LT2, Gower Street which is an accessible venue. In addition to matters of local concern the meeting will be an opportunity to discuss our on-going disputes around the USS and pay, casualisation,…

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  • News | USS

    Building on the successes of 2019

    Byadmin January 1, 2020February 20, 2025

    Seasonal greetings from your Executive Committee! The national strike action over pensions, pay, casualisation, workload and pay inequality dominated the term. Following the announcement of the vote, over 120 members attended a general meeting to organise for the strike. We saw hundreds more on picket lines, at meetings, teach-outs and demonstrations throughout the eight strike…

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  • Strike | USS

    Day 8 Brief Report

    Byadmin December 12, 2019February 20, 2025

    Campus was once again very quiet until picketing concluded at 10:30 in time for a protest at the main entrance to UCL. We were joined by striking cleaners, porters and security staff organised by the IWGB. A joint protest march of over 500 staff took us to the HQ of UCEA and UUK (Woburn Place)…

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    Remembering Dave Guppy

    Byadmin December 4, 2019February 19, 2025

    It falls to me to relay the sad news that Dave Guppy, past Vice President of UCL AUT* and a current UCU-appointed trustee of USS, has died suddenly of a suspected heart attack. Dave was a member of IT support before it became known as “ISD” (a label he despised), a forthright member of academic…

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    Strike report – Day 7 (Tue 3 Dec) + plan for Day 8

    Byadmin December 4, 2019February 20, 2025

    Day 7 Brief Report: Members braved the continuing cold weather again today. There was determined picketing across the majority of central UCL sites. Again, several departments closed due to staff staying at home to strike. Since the beginning of our action, on top of the 30,000 leaflets plus mentioned yesterday, we have distributed around 15,000…

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  • News | Strike | USS

    Strike report – day 6 (Mon 2 Dec)

    Byadmin December 3, 2019February 20, 2025

    Day 6 Brief Report: Picketing continued across the majority of central UCL sites. Since the beginning of our action we have distributed ~30,000 leaflets to staff and students across the UCL campus, including a locally-designed leaflet to encourage student support. Campus was extremely quiet yesterday morning. Thanks to the many members who are striking at…

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    Strike report – day 5 (Fri 29 Nov) + this week

    Byadmin December 1, 2019February 20, 2025

    Day 5: brief report Picketing continued across the majority of central UCL sites, including some new sites where colleagues raised the profile of our campaigns very effectively. Indeed, we would observe that more pickets were out on Friday than previous days. The prospect of the demonstration on Friday, which was open to students to participate…

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  • About
    • Representatives
      • Officers and Committee 2025-2026
      • Departmental Representatives
      • Health & Safety Representatives
    • Branch Policy
    • Branch Rules
      • Standing Orders
    • Contact Us
    • 10 Reasons to Join UCU
    • Join our networks
      • PGTA Network
      • Professional Services Staff Network
      • Research Staff Network
      • Teaching Staff Network
  • Meetings
    • What is a Motion
    • London Regional Committee
    • Congress
  • Advice
    • Requesting Help
    • Fixed-Term Staff
    • Health & Safety
    • National Pay Framework
    • Part-time
    • PGTAs
    • Redundancy
      • Redundancy Pay
    • Research Staff
    • USS Capita Data Breach
    • Workloads
  • Campaigns
    • Campaign Archive
      • Email Outsourcing – 2009
      • IHRA Definition
        • Academic Board Working Group Report on Racism and Prejudice
        • Can the IHRA working definition be implemented?
        • FAQs: 16 questions on UCL and the IHRA definition of anti-semitism
      • NO to a UCL City Academy
      • Pay 2006-08
      • Piloting Rank and Yank
      • Professorial Pay Review 2008
      • Redundancy Pay Dispute 2006-07
      • Statute 18
      • Teaching Fellows
        • Provost’s Response to Open Letter from Teaching Fellows – December 2019
        • SSEES TFs response to the Provost’s response
        • Message to all UCL Teaching Fellows – from Teaching Fellows in SSEES
      • Tuition Fees And Cuts 2010: UCL student occupation
      • UCL Cuts – 2009-10
      • USS and Four Fights
        • USS Frequently Asked Questions
        • Information for students
        • Q&A for Students
        • HE Industrial Action November 2019
        • Update on USS Crisis – July 2019
        • USS
      • Victimisation of Branch Secretary
        • Messages of support
      • White Paper Cuts – 2005/06
  • Get Involved!
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