Kent University Executive Group (EG) have increased central contribution costs from Divisions and are threatening jobs in Arts and Humanities to pay off outstanding building … Read more
Category: Campaign
Save Jobs at Kent: Launch Marking & Assessment Boycott
UCU meeting votes to begin sustained local marking & assessment boycott on 3rd March to defend jobs & workloads at Kent Your Kent UCU negotiators … Read more
Notice of Failure to Agree
Our regional rep., Mike Moran, has today sent the following notice of failure to agree to Karen Cox. It is the preliminary stage of a … Read more
Kent UCU Victory! University Commits to no Compulsory Redundancies of UCU Members in 2021
🎉Congratulations! 🎉 You have defended your job and those of fellow UCU members! Our agreement with the University gives UCU members protection from job cuts … Read more
USS Update: HQ and UUK Surveys on USS Proposal
Short Summary (TL; DR) Please oppose Option A in the upcoming survey on the USS that management is about to send out. It involves huge … Read more
Workload Campaign Update
On Wednesday 7th April, Chris attended a sub-JSNCC meeting with Richard Reece, Martin Atkinson, Louise Naylor and Daniel Clarke in order to discuss plans for … Read more
UCU Workload Survey 2020
In December 2020, branch officers undertook a survey of members in order to assess the impact of the transition towards blended learning on staff workload. … Read more
Press Release: Ballot Against Compulsory Redundancies at the University of Kent
Following the outstanding result of our e-ballot, the Kent UCU branch has launched our local postal ballot against compulsory redundancies. The branch has one simple … Read more
Climate Learning Week
Climate themed learning week: 10-14 February 2020 All branches are encouraged to run a climate themed learning week between 10th and 14th Frburary. Colleagues can … Read more
UCU week of action against workplace racism
10-14 February 2020: Building an anti-racist environment Resources for the week of action are available from the UCU web site at:https://www.ucu.org.uk/action-against-workplace-racism Links to the key … Read more