Oct 2025 – UCU Commons
1 post published by UCU Commons during October 2025| UCU Commons
A discussion paper by Mark Pendleton (UK-elected HE) [Featured photo: the Australian national flag flying beside the Aboriginal Flag of Australia] Preface UCU Commons has long argued for more delib…| UCU Commons
By Mark Pendleton On 1 September, our Higher Education Committee (HEC) met to decide how to respond to the latest offer from our employers on a UK-wide uplift on pay and negotiations on pay-related conditions (what we used to call the Four Fights). While there was a pretty clear result that pay degradation remains aContinue reading "Asking questions and claiming “Democracy” in UCU"| UCU Commons
By UCU Commons HEC members Note: the explicit permission of the chair of HEC was sought, and granted, before publishing this report. Headlines: HEC voted by 20-19 in favour of calling a UK-wide sta…| UCU Commons
Headlines: HEC approved a consultation of members on an industrial action ballot on pay and conditions starting soon HEC approved coordination with other unions in JNCHES negotiations with UCEA on …| UCU Commons a
We are delighted that several UCU Commons members have been elected as chairs and members of NEC subcommittees for 2025–26 (as voted by the new formation of NEC) and to Congress-elected roles. These are: NEC subcommittees Recruitment, Organising and Campaigns Committee (ROCC): Chair: Mark Pendleton Member: Matilda Fitzmaurice Equality Committee: Chair: Matilda Fitzmaurice Ex-officio members:Continue reading "Congress and NEC sub-committee election results, 25-26"| UCU Commons a
By UCU Commons NEC members Headlines: NEC agrees changes to membership of Equality Standing Committees to include non-employed postgraduate members Calendar of meetings and allocation of unheard Co…| UCU Commons a
By UCU Commons NEC members Headlines: Greylisting of Brunel University There was a proposal for UCU to apply the sanction of ‘greylisting’ (also known as ‘academic boycott’) to Brunel University over its decision to make mass redundancies, which was subsequently declared and in effect from the 15th April. We were disappointed to see that someContinue reading "HEC Report from Friday 4th April 2025"| UCU Commons a
By UCU Commons A core value of UCU Commons is equality and dignity for everyone; but particularly for transgender and nonbinary people whose rights and wellbeing have faced increasing attacks over …| UCU Commons a
By UCU Commons NEC members Key takeaways: President remains steadfast on dealing with bad behaviour NEC approves subs and budget to Congress Usual bad faith questioning and undermining of the Gener…| UCU Commons a
by UCU Commons NEC members A calendared meeting of HEC took place on Friday 7 March. The purpose of this meeting was partly to approve motions to go to the Higher Education Sector Conference, which takes place every year on the second day of UCU’s annual congress (at the same time as the Further EducationContinue reading "HEC Report, Friday 7th March 2025"| UCU Commons a
By UCU Commons HEC members Headlines HEC were warned that an HEC vote for an industrial action ballot could jeopardise the progress in negotiating improvements to casualisation, workloads, and ineq…| UCU Commons a
We’d like to know why HEC members voted as they did. UCU Commons members not on UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) have quite a few questions we’d like to ask those HEC members who voted …| UCU Commons a
This is an interim statement by UCU Commons HEC members in response to HEC’s decision on 12th December to call an industrial action ballot for spring 2025. This decision to call an IA ballot …| UCU Commons a
Headlines: NEC votes down UCU’s List of Priorities for 2024/25 NEC votes for hybrid congress – but only just Bad behaviour in meetings no longer tolerated – thanks to excellent ch…| UCU Commons a
By UCU Commons NEC members Headlines: – HEC to consult members on pay and pay-related offers, with recommendation; – HEC rejects call to research high levels…| UCU Commons a
By UCU Commons NEC members The National Executive Committee of UCU held its first post-Congress meeting on 21 June 2024. This meeting was the first attended by the members elected in the 2024 NEC e…| UCU Commons a
