Durham Miners' Gala 2025
Join UCU Northern region and UCU members from all over the UK in Durham on Saturday 12th July 2025…
Read more →Sunderland University issues threat to staff about redundancy, then a further threat if they talk to others
(This is a copy of an email that was sent to all UCU members at Sunderland University on 13/01/25 to…
Read more →Agreed joint statement from Sunderland University and the trade unions
Consultation on Redundancies Today (Tuesday 8 October 2024), a meeting took place involving representatives from the University Executive, UCU…
Read more →Sunderland University are threatening to make 1 in 10 Academics Redundant
The UCU Branch at Sunderland University will be meeting on Wednesday 9 October 2024 to discuss these job cuts. …
Read more →UCU Newcastle College branch newsletter
UCU Darlington College newsletter
Workload Wins at Newcastle College!!
Vicky Knight, President-Elect of UCU spent a day with Newcastle College UCU Branch meeting members, hosting Tea and Cake events, meeting with management and celebrating the latest win with the members of the Workload Working Group and Assistant Principal, Lisa Hamilton-Murray. The branch reps with the Workload Working Group have managed to secure a limit…
TUC Bite Size Briefing: Mental Health First Aid Lite
Session for trade union officers and all reps in the north east region. Half day course – externally credited. The MHFA Lite course is an introductory three hour mental health awareness course. By the end of the course you’ll be able to: Define mental health and some common mental health issues Identify stigma…
Teesside University bans trade union from meeting about professors’ futures
#Teesside Profs UCU PRESS RELEASE Friday 21 July 2017 The University and College Union (UCU) has been banned from attending a meeting at Teesside University at 12:30pm today (Friday) to discuss the fate of 27 professors at the university who were controversially told earlier this month that they would all have to reapply for their jobs.…