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Committee member William Rowlandson writes: I cycled up to the hospital this morning and spent a cold hour chatting with the junior doctors. Good turnout … Read more

Our union is currently balloting us on the 2016 pay offer. Members should receive your ballot paper in the post by today (Wednesday 20th April) at … Read more

Today’s branch meeting was addressed by the President of the UCU on the subject of the proposals in the ‘Green Paper’ on Higher Education. These … Read more

Keynes Lecture Theatre 3 (KLT3) – 1pm, 10 December 2015   Jo Johnson, Minister of State for Universities and Science, has published a Green Paper … Read more

Casualisation HE presentation from Paul Bridge on Thursday 19th November 2015.

This week is the first national UCU recruitment week and we will be running several events locally. On Tuesday 17th we will be recruiting outside … Read more

University staff who are members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme or are entitled to join can respond to the consultation on the threatened changes (through … Read more

The employers are currently consulting on the proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). Your branch officers (Paul Hubert, President, and Owen Lyne, Secretary) … Read more

Dear University of Kent UCU members, This is the latest news that the branch has about the USS action: http://defenduss.web.ucu.org.uk/2015/branches-prepare-for-action-to-restart/ It is a very short … Read more

The branch is concerned about the pay and conditions of staff employed on what are effectively ‘zero hours contracts’ and other marginal contracts. This affects … Read more