Branches
Events
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Online and blended teaching
OnlineA webinar for branch officers exploring some of the challenges faced by UCU members given uncertainty over delivery demands in the autumn
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Digital organising for UCU activists
OnlineWebinar on digital organising as part of our Fund the Future campaign, with speakers from UCU headquarters and local reps
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Successful campaigns against job cuts in HE
OnlineJoin UCU staff and members from three higher education branches for a live online event to discuss how branches can challenge redundancies and other job cuts.
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Protecting staff on casualised contracts
OnlineMembers on casualised contracts are at the front line of the cuts being made as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. Join us to hear about how the Fund the Future campaign can be used to protect these members and to hear from activists leading the fight against the threats
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Consulting members using online surveys
OnlineJoin us for a branch session on how to use online surveys to consult members, where you might use on, effective design and how to analyse the responses.
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A practical guide to equality bargaining
OnlineOnline discussion about putting equality at the heart of UCU's bargaining agenda.
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Covid-19 and employment law, including redundancies
OnlineSpeakers include leading employment law academics Michael Ford QC and Alan Bogg.
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London and South East FE regional briefing
OnlineThis regional briefing will update you on the funding environment, political context and the potential financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on FE institutions, and provide you with practical guidance and advice on defending jobs and ensuring that the reopening of FE colleges is safe for staff and students.
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Back to school: organising to win in 2020-21
FeaturedOnlineWorld famous trade union organiser Jane McAlevey talks to UCU members and general secretary Jo Grady about growing your branch, winning disputes and keeping workplaces safe.
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Keeping universities running during the pandemic – the importance of supporting ARPS staff
OnlineWatch back: https://youtu.be/QRxrsM190II Join our discussion about the importance of the work academic-related and professional services staff are undertaking to keep universities running. From IT staff and those working in libraries or museums, to the e-learning teams and counselling services, ARPS staff are a crucial part of the academic team. The discussion will focus on
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Day of action: organising disabled workers
OnlineRegister here Covid-19 has disproportionately impacted on disabled workers from being denied reasonable adjustments to being the first to be made redundant and in line with our theme for this year 'organising for disabled workers', we would like to invite you to be a contributor to this important and timely discussion. To mark UCU's third
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Everyday ableism
Onlinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qphshQEzmg Ableism is discrimination in favour of non-disabled people. It is based on an assumption that the physical, cognitive and sensory differences with which disabled people live with are deficits, and it is rooted in the medical model of disability that assumes that disabled people need to be 'fixed'. It is manifest in physical, environmental
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