Campaigning Tools for CCE

Submitted by Branch Admin on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 14:58
Below is a statement by UCU on the proposed closure of CCE short courses and staff redundancies. There is also a template letter to use when writing to your local MPs, VCEG, Senate, and Council. Please add your voice to the campaign to save community engagement at Sussex.

Flyers can be ordered from the ucu office: ucusussex@sussex.ac.uk   Sign the petition here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/community-engagement-at-sussex/  For the full statement, please read the attachment. 

Pensions - UCU Conference on January 31st

Submitted by Branch Admin on Thu, 12/05/2011 - 13:22
USS UPDATE: There will be a conference of pre-92 sector branches to discuss developments in negotiations with employers. Delegates from local branches will attend and report back to the membership.

If you have any comments on the current work to contract please email the ucu office: ucusussex@sussex.ac.uk              

Sussex Student Jailed for 15 Months

Submitted by Branch Admin on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 14:00
UCU and USSU have released a joint statement, utterly condemning the sentence passed on Zenon Mitchell Kotsakis, a second year Politics student at Sussex, following his arrest at the education demonstration against fees and cuts on 10 November 2010.

Read the statement and the letter that students, staff and alumni of the University of Sussex have written to The Guardian here: http://www.sussexstudent.com/news/index.php?page=article&news_id=268783

UCU members 'getting their lives back' by doing their jobs

Submitted by Branch Admin on Fri, 04/11/2011 - 16:06
This week's Times Higher Education profiles a number of UCU members who detail how working to contract has freed up family time at weekends. Please keep getting in touch with your stories as well!

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=418021&c=1 

Is the new academic year stressing you out?

Submitted by Branch Admin on Thu, 27/10/2011 - 17:10
Recourse, a free advice and support service for those working in FE and HE, are running an HE Stress campaign to highlight the stresses and pressures staff are under at the start of the academic year. They are offering hints, tips and advice to help deal with stress, manage time, and improve health and overall well-being.

More information is available here: <http://recourse.org.uk/he-stress/> or you can call Recourse (formerly CUSN) for free and in confidence on 0808 802 03 04.

Working to Rule - Engaging with Students

Submitted by Branch Admin on Thu, 20/10/2011 - 14:06
The students' union has released a statement supporting the industrial action.

Full text can be read here: http://www.sussexstudent.com/news/index.php?page=article&news_id=268363.  An email template explaining to students why you are taking this action - and asking them to urge the Vice Chancellor to call for resumed negotiations - is attached.

USS Campaign - Health and Safety

Submitted by Branch Admin on Tue, 11/10/2011 - 12:42
There are many fantastic initiatives being undertaken around the country as part of the work-to-contract and work-to-rule. For example, have a look at this attached initiative from members at Liverpool UCU, ensuring that their PCs are safe to work with and that their work spaces meet with Health and Safety regulations. If you feel any H&S issues are being breached, please address them with suggested templates in this document. We're working on our own H&S guidance, which will be uploaded soon.

Pay Ballot Result

Submitted by Branch Admin on Mon, 26/09/2011 - 13:57
UCU members have taken part in a consultative e-ballot to determine the union's next steps in response to the HE employers' pay offer for this year. (The final offer was £150 on each pay point - 0.50% of the total pay bill, but for most UCU members the percentage figure will be lower.) 57.3% voted to accept the offer, 42.7% voted to reject it. We'll let you know as soon as we have more information about negotiations between head office and the employers.

Statute 21 - September Report

Submitted by Branch Admin on Fri, 12/08/2011 - 14:58
After successfully gaining the bulk of the concessions we had been aiming for, the new Statute 7 (formerly Statute 21) was due to go to Council on Tuesday 27th. This will now be delayed until the next Council because negotiations on the statute and associated employment procedures are still ongoing on with UCU and the other unions.

     

Sussex UCU comment on UoS's decision to charge £9000 fees

Submitted by siteAdmin on Tue, 29/03/2011 - 20:15
Universities are being forced to raise their fees dramatically to cover the loss of almost all their teaching funding from government.

We regret that fees at this level will lead to greater inequality as poorer students will feel they cannot afford to go to university, and less prestigious universities will be in danger of closing down as they have to charge lower fees which will not cover their costs. Universities have become like private companies geared towards providing courses that will attract consumer income, rather than education which is for the good of society.

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