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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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The following was prepared with input from across campus, and submitted as a paper for Council meeting 257, 7 May 2021. The Council meeting was a single issue meeting to prepare the University of Sussex institutional response to the UUK consultation on the USS 2020 valuation. Council papers should be available on the Council page…

Size and Shape survey

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The University has grown fond of surveying staff and faculty. Unfortunately, they are not as fond of sharing the results. Typically, we only get to see fragments of the data and summaries of the results. The University does not feel compelled to meet the standards of reporting survey results that are common in academic journals,…

Initial views on the USS 2020 valuation and the UUK consultation

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Sussex and IDS UCU Pensions Working Group is seeking input on initial views outlined here. Following your input we will prepare a more detailed response to share with Sussex and IDS institutions before the deadline of 24 May for the Employer’s response to the UUK consultation. Please check your inbox for emails with the subject…

A critique of the Size and Shape project

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