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 →International Workers’ Memorial Day public meeting: Ashington, 10am
Brexit session : Friday 7th April, 2-4pm, Newcastle
The above infographic has been shared on the region’s social media. Double sided hard copies of the flyer are currently being distributed. The printed version includes a map to the venue. Download the flyer with map to the venue Friday 7th April, 2pm – 4pm Brexit session. Jason Hussein from the…
Response to consultation on STC and TMC merger
The recognised Joint Trade Unions (GMB, UCU and UNISON) respond to the proposed merger of South Tyneside College and Tyne Metropolitan College as follows. Background and Introduction It has been known for some time that South Tyneside College and Tyne Metropolitan College (“the Colleges”) are to merge and form one FE institution. …
Regional Officer : Nominations
Four regional officer roles require nominations prior to the AGM on 1st April: 1) Regional Chair 2) Regional Vice Chair 3) Regional Secretary 4) Regional Treasurer The submission of nominations and consents is to be done in writing, by email or letter. Nominees, proposers and seconders must all be branch elected regional committee…
Sunderland says…stand up to racism : Thursday 2nd March, 5pm
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…
Newcastle rally : ‘Trump not welcome!’
The protest was called by Newcastle Unites and supported by North East People’s Assembly, Newcastle Stop the War, Stand Up to Racism North East and Newcastle Palestine Solidarity. The demonstration on 20th February also showed support for the One Day Without Us national day of action. UK Parliament will debate whether Trump is allowed to make…