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Mar 16
Kent UCU launches National Defence of Jobs by submitting motion to UCU Sector Conference
Motion to HE Sector Conference: To campaign for a student distribution system in HE. Conference notes that student recruitment patterns: mean some universities hoard undergraduate students, while others struggle to recruit. have resulted in department closures and redundancies. translate to poor learning conditions for students, unsustainable workloads for staff at universities that over-recruit and expansion …
Mar 08
Top-down Restructure Threat
Top-down restructure proposal threatens Arts and Humanities at Kent The work on restructuring the Division began back in September, and there have been more than a dozen meetings since then to move plans forward. A structure was arrived at by majority consensus, with Heads of school and colleagues having input through the autumn term’s …
Mar 07
Upcoming Pickets & Events
Thursday 9 March 1pm-2pm Jo Grady speaking at members’ meeting All welcome. In person (preferred by organisers): CCCU campus, room VH1.07 Also online: Click here to join the meeting [see email] Note this is not a strike day! *** Weds 15th Canterbury picket 8:30 – 10:15 The Chancellor will present his budget on this day, and there will also …
Mar 03
Strike deductions financial support
Follow this quick process to claim for the first day you took strike action this academic year For additional strike days, claim from national UCU first (log into My UCU on the UCU website and select the ‘fighting fund’ tab at the top). Once, you have applied to national, further days are covered locally …
Feb 22
Update on LOCAL job security at Kent
The university has just opened a new round of voluntary redundancy but remember this is not backed up with a current threat of compulsory redundancies (1). You won a deal of ‘no compulsory redundancies as a result of the A&H review’ by voting to ballot for local industrial action if required. This deal also sets …
Nov 18
National Strike Events & Pickets at Kent
National Strike Events at Kent Thursday 24th CANTERBURY Pickets 8:30 – 10:00 Staff – Student Rally 10:30 UCU Social – Unicorn pub 12:00 Friday 25th MEDWAY Picket 8:30 – 11:00 ONLINE Picket & Branch Meeting 11:00 – 12:00 Wednesday 30th National London Demo 13:00 CANTERBURY Picket 14:00 – 16:00 (only Law School confirmed so far) …
Nov 17
EG to cut degree programmes in ALL divisions?
Sign the petition here Kent’s Executive Group (EG) are considering closing a large number degree programmes across ALL divisions, not just the Arts & Humanities (which has hitherto been the focus of cuts). Any degree that recruits under 20 students could be at risk. Undergraduate tuition fees are still the university’s main source of income and …
Nov 08
Strike Dates Announced 👇
National UCU Strikes National UCU has called three national strike days over USS pensions and pay on: Thursday 24th November; Friday 25th November and Wednesday 30th November. Action short of a strike begins from Wednesday 23rd November. There will be financial support from UCU for pay deductions resulting from industrial action. All information about the strikes …
Oct 24
NATIONAL UCU wins ballot over pensions, pay and conditions
This NATIONAL ballot is entirely separate from the local issues in my previous email today NATIONALLY UCU have voted with 57.8% turnout in the NATIONAL industrial action ballot over pay, precarity and inequalities. The ‘Yes’ vote was 81.1%. NATIONALLY UCU have voted with 60.2% turnout in the NATIONAL industrial action ballot over USS pensions. The ‘Yes’ vote was 84.9%. This …
Oct 24
LOCAL Negotiations Update – Important
Important Progress – LOCAL Negotiations are Continuing Because you voted to ballot for LOCAL industrial action if necessary, EG have now offered a ‘commitment to all Arts and Humanities staff that there will be no compulsory redundancies as a result of the current review.’ This represents good progress. Negotiations are continuing between UCU …
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