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Figure 1: Timeline of UUK underestimates of cuts to pensions, all links here. In a response to Sussex UCU members concerns, Universities UK (UUK) continued its sham defence of their year of misleading claims on the scale of the USS pension cuts. UUK’s woefully inadequate response, dated 7 July 2022 – copied here in full…

Sussex UEG meet Sussex UCU’s demands

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Members agree to the University Executive Group’s offer and vote to end the marking and assessment boycott. The University of Sussex University Executive Group (UEG) have accepted University and College Union (UCU) Sussex’s demands on three issues (Four Fights, the USS pension, and local Size and Shape) which will immediately end the marking and assessment…

Sussex UCU Supports Mitie Must Fall Campaign

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Motion passed at Sussex UCU AGM, 11th May 2022 This branch notes: It is UCU national policy, since 2020 Congress, “to demand that universities and colleges sever any partnerships with security or facilities management corporations that run prisons, detention centres or that engage in military subcontracting” In late 2020, the outsourcing company Mitie acquired Interserve,…

Marking boycott and negotiations update

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Negotiators Update Negotiations with UEG on our Four Fights and USS dispute are currently ongoing. As a reminder, our demands have been made available online via Padlet. We submitted a draft of a joint statement on USS and are now working towards a more robust third draft. Our lead negotiators, Jo Pawlik and Jackie Grant,…

President’s Report: 2022 Branch AGM

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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 Sussex has worked to significantly reduce the…

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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