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Leicester UCU in 2

Published: 4th December, 2020

In this week’s update (4 December 2020), Vice Chair, Emma Battell Lowman, updates on LSP redundancies, the equalities work of UCU, and the latest on the dispute.

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Leicester UCU Christmas Wordsearch

Published: 30th November, 2020

Many thanks for attempting the LUCU 2020 wordsearch. Play by looking for the words and when you have found them click on the first letter and the last letter. All words can be in any direction, including backwards. When you have completed the wordsearch you will receive a completion message on the screen. Take a…

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Leicester UCU in 2

Published: 27th November, 2020

In this week’s update (27 November 2020), Vice Chair, Emma Battell Lowman, covers the redundancies facing colleagues in Unison, our sibling union at the University, hopes all our friends and families stay safe as Leicester enters another type of lockdown and the US celebrates Thanksgiving, and invites Leicester UCU folks to share their memories of…

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Leicester UCU in 2

Published: 20th November, 2020

Update 20-11-2020

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Leicester UCU in 2

Published: 13th November, 2020

Update 13-11-2020

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Seven months of prioritising health, safety and wellbeing. Plus…

Published: 29th October, 2020

It’s been hard work keeping up with all of the University exectutive board’s emails of the past 7 months. For those who couldn’t quite manage it, here’s our handy summary. April 2020 The health, safety and wellbeing of all staff and students is our top priority. Plus, here’s an emergency workload model that we’ve designed…

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Leicester UCU in 2

Published: 14th October, 2020

Update 14-10-2020

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University Restructuring Plans Threaten our Community

Published: 13th October, 2020

We have been told repeatedly by Vice Chancellor Canagarajah and by other members of University executive board that our community is the University of Leicester’s most valuable asset. We have been told that the health and wellbeing of staff and students is the University’s top priority. But today staff are anxious and upset; our community…

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Bolting Horses & Stable Doors: Responding to COVID-19 Cases on Campus

Published: 12th October, 2020

University of Leicester staff were notified of the University’s COVID-19 Strategic Response Framework for the first time on Friday 9 October, 5.45pm, in an email from the Chief Operating Officer, two weeks after students returned to campus. In this email, the COO reported that the “Strategic Framework has been agreed by the local Public Health…

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Lost for Words: Working in Higher Education, Oct 2020

Published: 9th October, 2020

A University of Leicester employee offers some personal reflections on their experience of working in Higher Education as the 2020-21 academic year begins. I’ve been trying to think of a metaphor for working in Higher Education over the last few weeks. It’s not easy because the conditions, quite simply, feel incomparably appalling. I’d like to…

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