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The President’s Report for UCU Sussex AGM 11th May 2022 By Chris Chatwin Our big news is that Joanne Pawlik has come forward and volunteered to be our new President. Jo has been our lead negotiator for a while now and has developed all the skills necessary to successfully take on this role, I believe…

Sussex UEG offer on Four Fights and USS demands

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Sussex UCU EGM (Emergency General Meeting) to discuss voting on UEG’s latest offer. 1pm-2pm, 31 May, Zoom link in members’ email. UCU banner Members have been invited to attend an EGM at 1pm 31 May to discuss the latest developments in the dispute. This is a crucial moment in the dispute – the marking boycott…

Take Back Sussex: global grassroots lessons on democratising & reclaiming our universities

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This month Take Back Sussex put on two online meetings. These were both recorded and can be accessed through the links below for anyone who missed them. The first meeting was called What if our university could be more democratic?. It featured contributions from George Xylomenos, Birgul Kutan, and Fatma Gök about their experiences of…

VC’s reply: disappointing and wrong

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Updated: Jul 24, 2022 Sussex UCU has received a reply from Sussex VC David Maguire to the letter from 1000+ Students, Staff, Emeriti and Alumni of the University. Read the full reply here: Sussex VC reply to 1000+ community letter on USS & 4Fights The VC’s reply argues that The reply, received on 8 April 2022,…

Analysis of Sussex staff pulse survey

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Updated: Apr 20, 2022 The third pulse survey is planned for April. It will be a bit different than the first two. There is a smaller set of core questions that will be asked every six months and a number of questions that allow for a closer look at a particular topic. The University will try…

Senate has requested that Council reconsider its decision on USS

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Updated: Mar 20, 2022 Sussex Council will meet on 1 April to reconsider its decision to support pension cuts. The following motion, drafted by the University Secretary, passed at the Senate meeting on 16 March 2022 by 27 for, 4 abstain, 7 against “Senate is dissatisfied with the decision made by Council in relation to the…

Betrayed by University leadership over USS pensions

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Updated: Mar 20, 2022 24 February 2022 Sussex UCU negotiators learned today that the University of Sussex Council, following advice from the interim Vice Chancellor, has voted in favour of significantly cutting Sussex staff’s future USS pensions. For early career staff this means by a third or more. The reason given was that this was the…

On support for the UCU proposals

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Sussex UCU will present to Council on Friday 18 February 2022. This is the accompanying paper, prepared on behalf of Sussex UCU Note added 3 March 2021: this paper is now also available on Sussex Direct [login required] Executive summary The UCU proposals are: Council support for the UCU Proposals would help maintain a sustainable…

Jobs saved as UEG look set to confirm no Size and Shape compulsory redundancies

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Dear colleagues, Sometimes working in HE can seem like an endless onslaught of bad news: pensions, pay, restructures, redundancies, workload, casualisation, discrimination, outsourcing – and all in the context of a global pandemic. It’s all too easy to feel powerless as staff and as union members. That’s why it’s important to celebrate our victories –…

Sussex UCU Message to Our Students

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