This meeting will be held in Newcastle at The University of Northumbria, School of Law, City Campus East-1 at 6pm, finishing at about 7.30pm. Regional Employment Judge David Reed will discuss Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Employment Tribunal, including the new Protocol for Judicial Assessment given under recent Presidential Guidance. This session will be held…
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 →Industrial Law Society : Alternative Dispute Resolution/Judicial Assessment
Industrial Law Society : Covenants, confidentiality and injunctions – What’s new?
This meeting will be held in Newcastle at The University of Northumbria, School of Law, City Campus East-1 at 6pm, finishing at about 7.30pm. Oliver Hyams’ talk will cover the impact of Prophet v Huggett on restrictive covenants; Injunction tactics, procedure and new cases on costs; and Exercising discretion after Lawrence v Fen Tigers. It…
Industrial Law Society : The European Social Charter and its significance for UK Labour Law
This meeting will be held in Newcastle at The University of Northumbria, School of Law, City Campus East-1 at 6pm, finishing at about 7.30pm. It will be held in the Harvard Lecture Theatre in room 402. This meeting is open and free of charge to both members and non-members of the Society. IMPORTANT: To secure…
Industrial Law Society : Brexit – Where are we?
This meeting will be held in Newcastle at The University of Northumbria, School of Law, City Campus East-1 at 6pm, finishing at about 7.30pm. It will be held in the Harvard Lecture Theatre in room 402. This meeting is open and free of charge to both members and non-members of the Society. IMPORTANT: To…
UCU Branch Briefing : Equal Pay
Closing the gender pay gap is a clear priority for UCU. It features strongly in the national claims in both the FE and HE sectors and locally branches have stressed it in FE pay claims. However, the national HE claims concludes there will inevitably be local work to do on this and in FE…
What does it mean to be black in the North East? : 19th October
October is Black History Month. The Northern Region’s BME network has organised a panel discussion on ‘what it means to be black in the North East’. The BME network have secured a panel of community leaders from the North East to speak on this issue. WHEN Wednesday 19th October, 2.30pm – 4.30pm WHERE University…