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) …
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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 …
Oct 12
Kent UCU votes to ballot
Kent UCU votes to ballot Today you passed a motion to launch an industrial action ballot over job security & other issues at Kent, with 98% voting in favour. This was the highest ever proportional meeting turnout in the history of your branch. Leading organisers from the strongest UCU branches in the …
Feb 28
Casework – what is it, and what can it do?
Probation Most new staff are on probation, which means even open-ended contract can be precarious, until probation is deemed successfully passed. Some examples of casework in this area: Member told has failed probation and will lose job. Casework done, probation plan extended and then successfully completed. Member told probation will be extended. Casework done, appeal …
May 17
Senate Discussion: IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
We’d like to give you an update on an issue that we think is becoming very critical in recent months: the IHRA definition of antisemitism. We’re sure all of you know how complicated this issue is and we know that many of you have different opinions and concerns as to these complexities, the long held …
Jul 03
Pay Freeze and Reward Strategy
Dear UCU members, We write with reference to the email sent by the Director of HR Alison Ross-Green to all staff today. We are disappointed by both the tone and content of the email. It misrepresents our position by blaming UCU for the failure to agree to the Pay Freeze and the Reward Strategy. UCU …
May 04
Joint Staff Negotiating and Consultative Commitee (JSNCC) – URGENT
Dear University of Kent UCU members, There is a very important Joint Staff Negotiating and Consultative Commitee (JSNCC) meeting coming up on Tuesday 12th May. Papers are now available on this website (you need to open the 12 May 2020 tab), though some papers are (currently) only available to members of the JSNCC: https://www.kent.ac.uk/hr-staffinformation/jsncc/index.html?tab=papers-meeting-minutes You …