Author: ucusussexadmin

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UUK and the VC’s have recently voted to implement cuts to USS benefits, averaging 35%. 93 institutions voted in favour of that decision including the University of Sussex. We need to pressure these institutions to change their positions, and ensure that the robbery of members’ pensions does not go unanswered. To that end, at its…

The UCU dispute with the University of Sussex on USS & casualisation, inequality, workload and pay

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Sussex UCU will present at a pre-Council meeting from 9:00-9:30am on Friday 26 November 2021. This is the accompanying UCU paper for the same meeting. We expect it will be available on the Council pages of Sussex Direct in the near future. As Council is aware UCU is in dispute with the University of Sussex.…

Corrections to statements in the email from the Interim VC on UCU strikes

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In his email of 19th November, Interim VC David McGuire gives his version of the reason for the current strikes. UCU Sussex would like to make clear that this is a misrepresentation of the real issues. If we are to resolve this dispute it is important that we base discussions not on misleading rhetoric but…

DTs and UCU in the Business School win fight over DT pay cut

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On 8 September, the Business School announced a pay cut for all Doctoral Tutors (DTs), the youngest, most diverse, and most precarious of University staff. The cut consisted of a reduction of the hours paid to tutors for each repeated teaching hour from x3 to x2, a pay cut of up to 28%. But tutors…

Why being ‘one of the most sustainable universities in the world’ is not very sustainable

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With COP26 currently running in Glasgow, it is a meaningful time to reflect on the sustainability of our institution. Fortunately, the University of Sussex has been very vocal on sustainable matters of late. In August 2019 the University declared a Climate Emergency, and more recently the Provost Rachel Mills provided a short summary of Sussex’s…

Statement in Support of Trans and Nonbinary Communities at Sussex

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In the light of recent events on campus and ensuing public response on social media, we extend our solidarity to all trans and nonbinary members of our community who, now more than ever, should receive the unequivocal support of the University and its management. As a union, we strongly condemn all forms of transphobia, and…

Rough transcript of Sussex VC’s open forum on USS

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On 6 May 2021, staff at Sussex were invited to register for an ‘open staff forum on USS’ held on 13 May. Staff were told If you are unable to attend, a recording will be made available as soon as possible after the event. As of 17 June 2021, despite repeated requests, the recording is…

Use of surveys and survey data by the UEG

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We previously wrote about the design and implementation of the Size and Shape survey. Fortunately, the Senate has ruled that consultation on this crucial programme is not up to the required standard — partly because the UEG tried to present “findings” from a poorly designed survey before it had had time to digest the data…

Sussex UCU declares dispute over threat of compulsory redundancies

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Friday 4 June 2021 We publish this blog post to share an urgent update regarding the negotiations over possible compulsory redundancies at the University of Sussex, and to lay out how together UCU members at Sussex can make sure that job losses don’t happen. The headline news is that the University Executive Group (UEG) has…

Sussex UCU response to the UUK consultation on the USS valuation

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