Lecturer to Senior Lecturer Progression Process In April 2025, the University Executive agreed to implement a new process for…
Read more →Join UCU Northern region and UCU members from all over the UK in Durham on Saturday 12th July 2025…
Read more →(This is a copy of an email that was sent to all UCU members at Sunderland University on 13/01/25 to…
Read more →Consultation on Redundancies Today (Tuesday 8 October 2024), a meeting took place involving representatives from the University Executive, UCU…
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“Jeff has been the most recognisable face of UCU at the University for many years, and has been instrumental in many of the union’s successes at local level. He inspired me to get involved in the work of the committee” says Susan Hunt, the Branch Chair of Sunderland University UCU. “He is a…
UCU Newcastle University branch are hosting a workshop ‘Building an anti-casualisation campaign’ Thursday 3rd May 5-7pm Barbara Strang Teaching Centre, Newcastle UCU anti-casualisation officer, Cat Oakley, will be chairing and facilitating the workshop. Andy Clark, UCU Newcastle University branch anti-casualtisation officer invites you to attend and “please also tell your colleagues and…
April 2018 The recognised Joint Trade Unions (UCU and UNISON) respond to the proposed merger of Redcar & Cleveland College and Stockton Riverside College (“the Colleges”) as follows. Background and Introduction Since December 2017, the Joint Trade Unions (JTUs) have held regular “Merger Consultation” meetings with senior managers and…
Sunderland College is a member of the Association of Colleges (AoC). This year’s pay recommendation from the AoC was for a 1% increase, once again much lower than inflation. Even in colleges that have agreed to all of the AoC’s recommended pay increases since 2009, staff are now 24.7% worse off than they were in…
Huge congratulations to UCU Branch Chair Ashley Tiffen for winning lecturer of the year at Cumbria University. A great illustration of the fact that active trade unionists represent educational goals that genuinely matter rather than managerialist spin and PR. Well done Ashley Regards Terry Murphy (Chair on behalf of ) UCU Northern Region Executive
Saturday 10th March 2018 Newcastle march and rally organised by People’s Assembly North East.
