Dec 01
The current UCU strike affects many colleagues working in Higher Education (HE). Often labelled by the media as a ‘lecturers’ strike’ it reinforces the perception that this round of industrial action is only about hardships faced by teaching staff and by inference, that Professional Services (PS) staff (often referred to as ‘support’ staff) are less …
Nov 27
Dear All One our members from the Law School, Prof Emily Grabham, and former KLS colleague now at Birmingham, Dr Mairead Enright, have developed a blog designed to explore/debunk legal issues arising out of the strike and ASOS. It’s not supposed to compete with UCU guidance but more to put issues into wider context Do feel …
Nov 27
Dear All, Thanks to everyone who came out again today for a great day of picketing! Just a quick update to let everyone know. 1) Yesterday (Tue 26 Nov) there was a meeting of Council, the governing body of the university with various external people who sit on it. We picketed the venue – Darwin – …
Nov 25
Dear Members It was amazing to see so many wonderful colleagues on the pickets this morning. We had packed branch meeting, at which our updated hardship fund rules were unanimously approved. We will remind you of the details in a separate message later on. The meeting was followed by a lovely branch lunch in Rutherford …
Nov 22
Dear University of Kent UCU members, Members will be pleased to hear that the students union, Kent Union, has voted to support our strikes today. https://kentunion.co.uk/news/article/kent-union-strike-stance On behalf of all UCU members we thank Kent Union for this gesture of solidarity. Philip, Mark, Owen, Sian
Nov 15
Lots more information is now out from UCU, including FAQs re industrial action: https://www.ucu.org.uk/heaction https://www.ucu.org.uk/he-action-faqs
Nov 08
Dear UCU members We will be holding an urgent Branch Meeting to discuss the forthcoming strikes on Tuesday 12th November, 1 pm in CCLT1 – Cornwallis Central Lecture Theatre 1. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible then. Best Sian, Owen, Mark and Phil Branch Officers
Nov 05
Dear University of Kent UCU members, As you should now have heard directly from UCU, our branch will be joining many other UCU branches in taking strike action over pay, equality, anti-casualisation and workload We will be taking taking 8 days of strike action from Monday 25th November (week10) till Wednesday 4th December (week 11) inclusive. We will keep you informed of developments. For now, please be assured: WE HAVE YOUR BACK. We have a healthy strike fund …