A report from branch Vice-President Christopher Burden-Strevens: I am writing to give an update on the current state of negotiations between UCU and senior management. … Read more

A report from branch Vice-President Christopher Burden-Strevens: Over the past two weeks UCU Committee and Reps have received a large number of enquiries about the … Read more

Many of you will have now seen the University’s proposal (available here) to cut staff time allocated to research across the institution. At present the … Read more

Our Kent UCU ballot opens today (Friday 23 February)! You should receive your ballot papers by Monday 26th or Tuesday 27th at your home address.  … Read more

I am writing on behalf of the UCU Committee to give a number of important updates about progress achieved in negotiations with management over the … Read more

Today management have opened a 30 day consultation and voluntary redundancy scheme on the potential closure of several degree courses, which has put 58 academic … Read more

Happy New Year. We hope you had a restful break and that the start of spring term is treating you well. Given the number of … Read more

As many of you will have heard in today’s (7 December) Kent UCU meeting, the UCU Committee are working hard at this critical moment for … Read more

The University’s Executive Group will be holding an all-staff meeting from 3-5pm on Wednesday 6 December. You can attend in person in Sibson Lecture Theatre … Read more

Financial expert Andrew McGettigan will be presenting a report on the publicly available Kent University finances on Thursday 7th December at 1pm. See email for … Read more