Dear Members PAY AND PENSIONS STRIKE DEADLINE:  Post deadline is 28th October LOST BALLOT PAPER: Contact UCU by 23rd October MINIMUM 50% TURNOUT REQUIRED FOR … Read more

About Pensions 2017’s planned changes to the USS pension scheme threatened to reduce total average pension income by over £200,000 per employee.  The strike of … Read more

Paws for thought: Your Vote is Your Voice. USE IT or LOSE IT!

Dear All, Some UCU members on precarious contracts, or who are financially unstable for other reasons, are understandably anxious about striking and its financial consequences. … Read more

About Casualisation Around 70% of the 49,000 researchers in higher education are on fixed-term contracts and there are 37,000 teaching staff on fixed-term contracts, the … Read more

Women in HE earn on average 15.1% less than men. Black academic staff earn 12-13% less than white colleagues. Disabled people in HE earn 8.7% … Read more

About Pay  University salaries have fallen in value by 20% against inflation since 2009.  Meanwhile pay for senior managers has grown at a rate beyond … Read more

The ballots close on 30 October.  Now is your last chance to have your say on pensions, equality, casualization, workload and pay.   “I’ll let … Read more

You will have no doubt read various communications about the renewed dispute between Universities UK (UUK) and UCU, over the USS scheme. UCU wishes to … Read more

Dear University of Kent UCU members, Those colleagues who were at Kent during Spring 2018 may recall that some departments organised donations to top-up union … Read more