University of Lincoln UCU Branch

17/08/2020

If you haven't signed this petition yet, please consider doing so.

09/06/2020

UCU us launching Fund The Future: a UK-wide campaign to protect jobs, secure government funding for tertiary education, and make sure that we emerge from this crisis with a better system than the one we entered it with.

There will be a live, online launch event this Friday, 12 June from 1pm to 2pm. Please click the link below to watch via the UCU page (you do not need a Facebook account to do this and you can watch a recording after the broadcast has ended) and find out what we plan to do over the next coming months and how you can get involved.

https://www.facebook.com/ucu.campaigns/

University and College Union (UCU): UK trade union representing staff in further & higher education.

12/05/2020

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/may/12/womens-research-plummets-during-lockdown-but-articles-from-men-increase?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Messaging

Many female academics say juggling their career with coronavirus childcare is overwhelming

25/02/2020

Please sign and share widely.

Let’s get to 349 signatures by the end of today - can you add yours?

11/02/2020

Alarm at Ofsted-style plan to rank universities by graduate earnings

Fears government’s bid to ensure students get value for money will damage arts courses and struggling regions

09/01/2020

https://mobile.twitter.com/HouseofCommons/status/1214996118322532353?fbclid=IwAR1x3biznn6JeiY9JNasZgE-Zc4udxzVqAfU10kWoPJF_4FMDA0reYCCtQM

“MPs have voted against New Clause 10 being read a second time, by 344 votes to 254. This new clause would have required the Government to seek to negotiate continuing full membership of the EU’s Erasmus+ education and youth programme.”

18/12/2019

This is an interesting ruling which will have some repercussions for TPS members, too.

Over 6,000 firefighters are entitled to return to their pre-2015 pension schemes, an employment tribunal declared today, in a landmark victory for the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) with implications ac

02/12/2019

26/11/2019

https://theconversation.com/capitalist-creep-on-campus-the-largest-quietest-privatisation-in-uk-history-its-why-were-striking-126554?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0EYSvEVGleqEFu1tE74AF2Rk1tg2enFiLkPP3GK8rJu1wvjNIvOdc9Ruw =1574746597

The gradual withdrawal of state support for universities has been the largest, and quietest, privatisation in UK history, and most people don’t even know about it.

24/11/2019

VCs are complaining about financial insecurity in the sector (although this seems not to affect their own salaries) while making it staff's problem by cutting wages and increasing workloads.

Universities accused of using 'strong-arm tactics' to undermine strike action

Students urged to report striking lecturers; some universities threaten pay reductions