Leeds Beckett University are planning to cut nine teaching and research posts in the Health Promotion subject group including the complete closure of the Centre for Men’s Health.
Open petitions & letters
University of Leeds statutes: no sackers’ charter
Management at the University of Leeds want to change the university’s statutes (which set the terms and conditions for academic and related staff) to worsen the protections for staff.
No compulsory redundancies at Manchester Metropolitan University
Call on Manchester Metropolitan University to commit to no compulsory redundancies
People Plus pay petition
In September 2016 People Plus management gave a presentation to all staff informing them they would receive a 2% pay rise in January 2017. In January 2017, managers have been instructed to tell staff that they will no longer be getting this pay award. Management have not had the courtesy to inform all staff of this officially in writing. We, the undersigned, are members of prison education staff for People Plus and call on the…
Bangor University: threat to Archaeology, Fine Art, and Lifelong Learning
Stop Bangor University’s planned Fine Arts, Archaeology and Lifelong Learning closures
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University of Leicester: Staffing Crisis in Human Geography
The Human Geography group at the University of Leicester would like to thank everyone who showed their support for our recent open letter to the University’s Leadership Team about the long-term under-staffing of our group. Within days of issuing this letter, and after years of inaction, the University of Leicester has moved to replace some…
Call for greater investment in FE
Join our call for greater investment in FE by signing our letter to Robert Halfon, the Conservative minister for Apprenticeships and Skills in England
Save Manchester Metropolitan University Cheshire campus
Manchester Metropolitan University’s board of governors has employed financial consultants to review the academic and financial sustainability of the Cheshire campus. UCU believes that there is a viable future for MMU in Crewe and call on the university to commit to a sustainable future there.
Success at Coventry
UCU is pleased to confirm that staff who were put on FutureWorks agency contracts will now be offered CU Services employment contracts, recognition has now been agreed and in addition, the union and the university have agreed to meet for talks around the issue of dealing with recognition in the group’s companies. Thank you to…
No cuts, no confidence at University of Leicester
This petition has now closed.
For more information please contacts University of Leicester UCU.
Release Dr Miguel Beltrán
Letter calling for the release of Colombian academic Dr Miguel Beltrán after his arrest in July 2015.