The ballot is now open for UCU members nationwide in the ongoing Four Fights dispute over casualisation, workload, pay and equality in the HE workplace. Let's focus on the first of those areas: casualisation. Casualisation remains a serious problem at the University of Exeter, despite some hard-fought victories in recent years by the Exeter UCU … Continue reading Casualisation at UoE is still a serious problem, so what can Exeter UCU members do about it?
UCU ballots on industrial action: KEY QUESTIONS
Four basic questions to get you all started.
Update on USS Pensions Negotiations: UUK are not listening!
Be ready to help us oppose these outrageous cuts if they are imposed!
2021 AGM of Exeter UCU
This year’s Annual General Meeting of Exeter UCU will be on Wednesday 15 September, 2021, 11:00-13:00
The meeting will be held at Laver LT6 on the Streatham Campus, and with option to join via Zoom, with link to be emailed closer to the time.
Nominations for Committee 2021/22
Nominations are now open for all Committee and Departmental & Professional Services Reps positions – a list of positions is available on the linked pages.
All the positions are vacant. To become a Department or PS rep you need to be elected. In this capacity you will not have voting rights on Committee (because too many voting reps makes it difficult to be quorate), but you will be entitled to take the Rep training courses. Following last year’s AGM motion on Facilities Time and negotations over the past year, the University has recently published the Guidance on Facility Time forTrade Union…
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Extraordinary Branch Meeting to discuss the University of Exeter’s Digital Learning Resources policy & Pay+(4 Fights) and Pensions (USS)
Wednesday June 30, 2021 at 11:30am. Motions pertaining to the revised 'Digital Learning Resources policy & Pay+(4 Fights) and Pensions (USS)' can be received for this extraordinary meeting by noon Wednesday 23 June 2021.
UUK proposals to USS: the Exeter response
Please circulate the UCU modeller as widely as possible. Survey to be filled by 9th of June. Together we can build a concerted opposition to UUK's proposals before next USS Joint Negotiating Committee on Monday 14 June.
University of EXploitation? Lisa Roberts, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, say they WOULD NOT ask the negotiators to make a better offer
Please attend the Branch Meeting on 26th of May, so that we can take a branch position in advance of the national vote on the 2nd of June.