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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

This Saturday 10 January the Gulbenkian is screening this documentary about the 1984-85  Miners Strike in association with our colleagues in UNISON University of Kent … Read more

Branch officers and members assembled at the Registry with a copy of the UCU national petition about the USS today. 3 members of the committee … Read more

Our boycott of assessment and marking has been suspended to allow talks to occur – this was a position which our branch meeting supported. However … Read more

Members of the UCU at Kent have been taking action over threatened cuts to our pensions. You can read more about the issue on the … Read more

This space will carry news from and about the University of Kent branch of the UCU (University and College Union). It will also offer opportunities … Read more