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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201209T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201209T170000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
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SUMMARY:Cancelled: Community accountability for racial justice – an organising agenda for colleges and universities
DESCRIPTION:Please note this event has been postponed. The new date will be announced soon.\nAn antiracism for abolitionist times: The webinar will look at the role education institutions play in perpetuating racism. Community accountability seeks to transform education from a system of state racism to a community resource. \nJoin Gargi Bhattacharyya\, Luke De Noronha and Ümit Yildiz as we map out an organising plan to create a process of ongoing community accountability.
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/racial-justice/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201118T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201118T153000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20201109T160710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201117T150634Z
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SUMMARY:Keeping universities safe: STUC fringe meeting
DESCRIPTION:With the large number of Covid-19 cases in Scottish universities at the start of this term; confusion over guidance both for students and online and remote teaching and activities; and the Christmas break coming join UCU general secretary Jo Grady\, SAGE sub-committee member and Scottish Government adviser Professor Steve Reicher\, UCU Scotland president Carlo Morelli and NUS Scotland president Matt Crilly as they address the key issues facing universities now and in the weeks to come.
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/keeping-universities-safe-stuc-fringe-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200928T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200928T140000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200916T161659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T104903Z
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SUMMARY:Balancing work and caring through Covid and beyond
DESCRIPTION:Watch back: \n\n\n\nThe Covid-19 crisis has seen a major shift in working patterns which has presented particular challenges for those balancing work alongside caring responsibilities. The closure of schools and childcare providers earlier this year placed a particularly intense burden on working women\, with a recent TUC survey showing that 41% of women are still struggling to find the childcare they need to work. \nThis webinar will explore how the recent changes to working life are continuing to impact on parents and carers\, and what support is needed to ensure that work and caring can be balanced effectively.
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/balancing-work-and-caring/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all,UCU members
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200916T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200916T170000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200911T125332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200916T134208Z
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SUMMARY:UCU further education webinar: health and safety in colleges
DESCRIPTION:With FE colleges facing local lockdowns and numerous health and safety issues on campus\, join our discussion with Jo Grady\, UCU general secretary; Janet Farrar\, president elect; Alex Lancaster UCU national health and safety lead; Adam Lincoln\, regional official; Maxine Looby FEC; and Lauren Mura FEC from Blackburn College which has now gone into partial lockdown. \nThe panel will lead a discussion on the impact we are seeing due to FE’s full return to campus and answer your practical questions about health and safety on campus and what UCU can do to support branches and members.
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/ucu-further-education-webinar-health-and-safety-in-colleges/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200914T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200914T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200911T131031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200916T135633Z
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SUMMARY:UCU TUC fringe: don't let education be a victim of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:UCU has urged universities to teach online until ‘regular universal testing’ can be introduced on campuses. UCU general secretary Jo Grady has made clear that without online teaching as the default position we risk universities becoming the care homes of the second wave. This risk adds to the chaos from the student exam fiasco\, as well as the increasing job cuts and increases to workload and casualisation. \nJoin us to hear how we intend to use our fund the future campaign to bring all these concerns together to ensure education is not a victim of Covid-19.
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/ucu-tuc-fringe-dont-let-education-be-a-victim-of-covid-19/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200907T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200907T170000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200903T122956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200916T135308Z
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SUMMARY:'The Automatic University': the new normal for higher education?
DESCRIPTION:In 2019 UCU Scotland commissioned work to review and understand the expansion of data systems and automation in higher education. We wanted to be able to pre-empt and respond to the challenges that artificial intelligence and automation bring to our sector. A year on and Covid-19 has made these challenges all too real for staff and students in education. \nThis UCU webinar will hear from the report’s author\, Dr Ben Williamson\, an academic from the University of Edinburgh;  from Ann Gow\, UCU Scotland immediate past-president\, who was involved in the working group for the report; and from Jenny Lennox of the union’s bargaining and negotiations team. UCU’s Scotland official\, Mary Senior will chair the session. \nThe report\, and its recommendations for the union are available on the UCU website. \nChair: Mary Senior\, Scotland official\, University and College Union \nPanellists:\nDr Ben Williamson\, report author\, University of Edinburgh\nAnn Gow\, UCU Scotland immediate past president\, University of Glasgow\nJenny Lennox\, bargaining policy and negotiations official\, UCU.
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/the-automatic-university-the-new-normal-for-higher-education/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200901T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200901T170000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200828T101236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200915T130858Z
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SUMMARY:Is it safe to reopen universities and colleges?
DESCRIPTION:Join Jo Grady\, UCU general secretary; Larissa Kennedy\, NUS president; Janet Farrar UCU president-elect; and Professor Elizabeth Stokoe and Professor Ann Phoenix\, from the Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies. \nAs the new academic year approaches there is an increasing focus on how campuses and colleges within the UK will manage the start of teaching. In the next few weeks a mass movement of over a million students\, many of them first year undergraduates\, will begin. Many thousands will be relocating from one part of the UK and beyond to their place of study and FE campuses need to look at how they reopen safely. It is now timely that UCU sets out our position – join us to discuss UCU’s latest guidance and the Independent Sage report.
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/is-it-safe-to-reopen/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200818T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200818T170000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200818T091846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T120248Z
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SUMMARY:Justice for education
DESCRIPTION:Students and workers demand justice for education. Despite the U-turn on A-level and GCSE results\, this government is causing chaos to our education system. \nJoin NUS president Larissa Kennedy\, UCU general secretary Jo Grady\, Bell Ribeiro-Addy\, MP for Streatham\, and Lauren Mura\, head of politics and a curriculum team leader for A-levels at Blackburn College to talk about the exam results fiasco\, what happens next and our campaign to Fund the Future. \nWatch back:\n\n\n 
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/justice-for-education/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200813T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200813T190000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200810T120859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T120211Z
UID:8560-1597341600-1597345200@fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Don’t make education a victim of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:Join UCU general secretary Jo Grady and guests on A-Level results day talking about the Covid-19 impact on our education system. \nFrom student results being downgraded\, job cuts\, increases to workload and casualisation\, through to concerns about returning to face-to-face learning\, join us to hear how we intend to use our Fund the Future campaign to bring all these concerns together to ensure education is not a victim of Covid-19. \nWatch back:
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/dont-make-education-a-victim-of-covid/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200812T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200812T140000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200709T085405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T120141Z
UID:8221-1597237200-1597240800@fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Supporting migrant staff in education
DESCRIPTION:From rising immigration costs to restrictive visa requirements\, migrant members in colleges and universities face a set of unique challenges\, many of which are being exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis. Join members of the migrant members’ standing committee and UCU’s equality team for a discussion of how we can meet the needs of migrant members and campaign for change on key issues. \nWatch back:
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/supporting-migrant-staff/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200811T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200811T160000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200709T085323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T120102Z
UID:8219-1597156200-1597161600@fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Prison education: a vision for the future
DESCRIPTION:Prisons are one of the toughest environments to work in never mind a place within which to deliver good and meaningful education. The process of commissioning education for profit in prisons has created a fragmented workforce\, who face many challenges including their own terms and conditions. In addition\, the commissioning model has arguably diverted resources away from the development\, design and delivery of truly meaningful education. \nThis webinar as part of Fund the Future campaign will explore how we develop an overarching strategy to remedy the previous pattern of disjointed and confused decision-making that has shaped the prison education sector in the past. We will also aim to discuss how we transform the pay\, working conditions and professional standing of our prison education members into the future. \nThis will include how we learn from other trade union campaigns to ‘nationalise’ services; how we can bargain for a prison educators’ ‘national contract’; how we cope with the challenges ahead in relation to social distancing and blended learning and the availability or otherwise of in-cell technology; and how we can amplify our voices as professional educators around the development of a truly fit for purpose innovative prison education curriculum that sees the education provision being designed and delivered around educational needs as opposed to contractual restrictions. \nWatch back:
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/prison-education-a-vision-for-the-future/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200807T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200807T140000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200731T103734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T115850Z
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SUMMARY:Creating a fully inclusive education system for disabled people
DESCRIPTION:For disabled people to be able to participate fully in all areas of society\, requires a change to structures and strategies. Education is the key driver for these changes as we fight to protect our future.  Join us online as we discuss the barriers and challenges and identify what an inclusive society for disabled people can look like. \nWith speakers\, Elane Heffernan\, Themesa Neckles and Lucy Burke. \nWatch back:
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/fully-inclusive-education-system/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200722T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200722T140000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200709T084902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T114919Z
UID:8209-1595422800-1595426400@fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Decolonising our institutions
DESCRIPTION:Liberating education begins with understanding the links between an imperial past and a corporatist present. Join us as we topple some myths on our journey to creating a truly anti-racist workplace. \nWith speakers Shalini Sharma\, Juliana Ojinnaka and Jason Arday. \nWatch back:\n\n\n 
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/decolonising-our-institutions/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200716T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200716T143000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200709T084714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T115451Z
UID:8207-1594909800-1594909800@fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:A Green New Deal for colleges and universities
DESCRIPTION:With Jo Grady\, UCU general secretary\, Graham Petersen from the Greener Jobs Alliance and Quinn Runkle from SOS-UK. \nWatch back:\n\n\nWatch also on Facebook.
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/a-green-new-deal-for-colleges-and-universities/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200714T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200714T210000
DTSTAMP:20260503T114544
CREATED:20200708T122125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T115151Z
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SUMMARY:Empower and educate
DESCRIPTION:We all agree there can be no return to normal post Covid-19\, but what kind of changes need to take place? What tools does education give us to build a better future? \nJoin us for this exciting online event where we explore what education is for; start to transform our knowledge and communities and build a society that works for everyone. \nWith Jo Grady\, UCU general secretary and Dave Ward\, CWU general secretary. \nSpecial guests: Billy Bragg\, Sonia Adesara\, Grace Blakeley\, Dalia Gebrial\, Charmaine Brown\, Ann Pettifor\, Faiza Shaheen\, and Gary Younge \nWatch back:  \n\n\n\nYou can also watch on Facebook \n\nRunning order:\n6.00-6.10: \nIntroduction by Jo Grady\, UCU general secretary \n6.10-7.00: \nBuilding for better: Covid-19\, BLM\, and the climate crisis  \nChair\, Vicky Blake\, UCU president \nGrace Blakeley\, Ann Pettifor\, Dalia Gebrial\, and Charmaine Brown: \nWe all agree there can be no more return to normal\, but what kind of changes need to take place? Not just to educate and re-skill our students and communities\, but to also build a better post-covid world for ourselves. What tools does education give us to build a better future? Education is not just something that happens in the classroom\, but the ideas we learn there can help. In this session we want to explore the role of activism informed by feminism\, economics\, urban geography\, and decolonisation have to transform our knowledge and transform our communities and society and build for a better future. \n7.00-7.30: \nA new deal for workers  \nDave Ward (CWU) and Jo Grady (UCU) \n7.30-8.00: \nJail Guitar Doors Music featuring Billy Bragg \nChair: Janet Farrer\, UCU president-elect \nBilly Bragg and Justin Boreland will discuss the importance of music in prisons and UCU’s joint initiative with Billy\, Jail Guitar Doors Music \n8.00-8.50: \nEmpower and Educate: delivering social justice \nChair: Jo Grady \nFaiza Shaheen\, Sonia Adesara and Gary Younge \nEducation develops people’s capacities\, challenges them\, communicates values\, and creates lifelong opportunities. It is a source of dignity and community. But the system we work and study within is eroding those ideals. Much like healthcare\, education is being turned into a dysfunctional consumer market\, and the people who provide it into a cost to be minimised. But students are not units of production for the workplace.  And education is not a product. In this session we will explore what is education for? Is the current system maximising social or even economic progress\, Who is the current system actually working for\, and what type of post 16 education system delivers social justice while educating the public to flourish\, and creating a working environment that is healthy for staff. \n8.50-9.00: Summary and close with Jo Grady.
URL:https://fundthefuture.web.ucu.org.uk/event/empower-and-educate/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Open to all
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