Published: 5th March, 2018
On Monday morning students began an occupation of the Fielding Johnson Building, the University of Leicester’s main administration building at the centre of campus, in solidarity with striking university staff and in protest at the proposed appointment of David Willetts as Chancellor. Leicester UCU would like to extend a message of gratitude and reciprocal solidarity…
Published: 23rd February, 2018
STATEMENT FROM JON ASHWORTH MP Member of Parliament for Leicester South 15 February 2018 UCU Pensions Dispute Meeting I am sorry that I cannot be with you today. I was extremely disappointed to hear that at the recent USS Joint Negotiating Committee the Universities UK proposals to fundamentally change your pension from a defined benefit…
Published: 23rd February, 2018
The second day of strike action is often the first test of a union’s resolve, and our members as always did not let us down. In bitterly cold temperatures members and our supporters turned out. Today we estimated that we had around 80-100 staff and supporters on our picket lines which started bright and breezy…
Published: 18th February, 2018
At the end of this week, the University of Leicester released a, at best, bizarre press release exalting the visit of Lord David Willetts to the University of Leicester on Thursday. There is a small reference to the protest held by UCU and students, but we’d like to point out to the University that there were probably…
Published: 16th February, 2018
Staff and students from the University of Warwick answer your questions in this new video! “This is an opportunity, we can call for free tuition. We can call for new learning environments. We can use strikes to create a new, different university. We can win!”
Published: 13th February, 2018
Amy Moran, President of Leicester Students’ Union yesterday issued a statement on behalf of the SU expressing deep concern at the appointment of David Willetts and asking the university to think again. The SU has also launched a petition, which UCU is giving its full backing. You can sign and share the students’ union petition…
Published: 12th February, 2018
Note that some “locations” will cover a number of different buildings/entrances. See full screen Allocation of departments to locations ALL MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED, IF ABLE, TO PARTICIPATE IN PICKETING! This is not an optional extra, it is an essential part of our action. During previous actions, the University has often been able to point…
Published: 10th February, 2018
The University of Leicester yesterday announced the appointment of David Willetts as its new Chancellor. The former MP (and now peer) was until 2014 Minister for Science and Universities. He was the minister responsible for the tripling of university tuition fees to their current level of £9000 – an amount he described as “fair and…
Published: 4th February, 2018
Why are we taking action? Staff at universities across the UK voted overwhelmingly for strikes and other forms of industrial action to resist savage – and wholly unnecessary –proposals to cut our pensions. Under the new scheme, our pensions will be gambled on the stock market and the average loss for a new starter is…
Published: 28th January, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jan/22/uk-universities-face-disruption-staff-back-industrial-action
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