• ‘The making of an inclusive university: count in heads or making heads count?’ – Professor Uduak Archibong : 10th Feb

    University of Sunderland, St Peter’s Campus, Reg Vardy Centre Room RV113 Sunderland, United Kingdom

    The Equality and Diversity Group of the Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism at the University of Sunderland (in conjunction with the UCU) cordially invite you to a seminar by Uduak Archibong, Professor of Diversity at the University of Bradford  titled ‘ The making of an inclusive university: count in heads or making heads count’?…

  • UCU General Secretary hustings, UCU Newcastle University & University of Sunderland branch

    Message from Jeff Fowler, UCU Branch Secretary at University of Sunderland branch and Bruce E. Baker, UCU Branch Vice-President (Operations) at Newcastle University branch     This Thursday the UCU Newcastle University and UCU University of Sunderland branches are holding hustings for the UCU General Secretary election that is underway. Information on the elections, including…

  • HE National Recruitment Week : w/c 27th February 2017

        Please request your campaign materials from UCU Head Office via the online form   Please also use the online form to let us know what events your branch is planning.  The deadline for material requests is Friday 17th February.   Looking for inspiration? See what branches in our region did during previous national recruitment weeks:…

  • Sunderland says…stand up to racism : Thursday 2nd March, 5pm

    University of Sunderland, Sir Tom Cowie Lecture Theatre, St. Peter's Campus St Peter's Campus, Sunderland, United Kingdom

      Tackling racism is a key challenge in our society. Refugee children are being turned away by our government, while there has been a rise in reported hate crimes since the referendum. We've also seen racism come to the fore in Trump's America, while Marine Le Pen & Geert Wilders loom in the French and…