UCU organised a Rally to support those striking in London for Fair Pensions. Speakers included Mike McDonald, Regional Secretary of the NUT, Kevin McHugh, National Executive member for PCS, Adam Hansen and Julia Charlton from Northumbria UCU. The Rally was chaired by Martin Levy, Branch Chair of UCU at Northumbria University and Chair of UCU’s…
Durham Miners' Gala 2025
Join UCU Northern region and UCU members from all over the UK in Durham on Saturday 12th July 2025…
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(This is a copy of an email that was sent to all UCU members at Sunderland University on 13/01/25 to…
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Consultation on Redundancies Today (Tuesday 8 October 2024), a meeting took place involving representatives from the University Executive, UCU…
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The UCU Branch at Sunderland University will be meeting on Wednesday 9 October 2024 to discuss these job cuts. …
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UCU members at Darlington College show their support for striking colleagues in London
Darlington College UCU Branch held a successful Fair Pension Rally with a wide range of support from UCU members, UNISON, the college Principal and students. The event kicked off with music provided by UCU member Dave Cadman then an introduction from UCU Branch secretary Eddy Adam. Eddy asked the audience to applaud the…
Regional Office staff from the Northern Region show support for London pickets
Staff from the northern regional office of UCU went to the picket line today at Westminster Kingsway College to show their suport for the pensions strike. Members from South Tyneside College had “twinned” with the Branch in recognition of the long (but successful) battle that they had over Lesson Observations. Having just entered a dispute…
Geographic area covered by the UCU Northern Region
The Northern Region of the University and College Union covers branches in Cumbria, County Durham, Northumberland, Tees Valley, Tyne and Wear. Area Covered: For full information on UCU, see the national UCU website
UCU at Teesside University
UCU members from Teesside University held pickets at various parts of the campus, along with members of other Unions. At lunch time, a march through town ended with a well-attended rally at which Teesside Uni Branch Chair Terry Murphy addressed the crowd.
Stockton Riverside College Pensions Protest
Stockton Riverside College took to the picket lines on 30th November to support the TUC’s Pensions Justice day. The College had decided to close one campus but keep the other open – but even the one that was open was very quiet on a day when UNISON and UCU stood together in action to defend…