Tag: higher-education

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Curtailing of Palestinian solidarity and academic freedom on campus UCU Sussex Executive Committee expresses our unequivocal solidarity with the people of Palestine. We express our sadness and devastation at the recent immense suffering and loss of life in Palestine and Israel and we unequivocally condemn the murder of civilians, no matter their religion or nationality.…

Branch priorities with detailed evidence on USS ahead of the UUK conference

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Updated: Aug 31, 2023 Image: copy of Figure 3 below, see section 3.2 for details and links to data and analysis. Ahead of the UUK’s annual conference at the University of Manchester, 6-7 September, we have summarised Sussex and IDS UCU priorities on USS, presented with evidence, which we hope to see reflected in the Sussex…

Sussex and IDS UCU branch draft views on the UUK USS consultation

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Updated: Aug 2, 2023 Sussex and Institute of Development Studies (IDS) UCU branch present four draft priorities for the USS consultation in Section 5 below. We are seeking feedback including at the All Campus USS Community Forum on Wednesday 9 August 1pm-2pm. Background nationally: In March 2023 UCU and UUK agreed a joint statement on USS…

Outsourcing at Sussex set to continue despite initial promises

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Background to insourcing consultation In November last year many of us received an email from University of Sussex Vice-Chancellor Sasha Roseneil titled ‘Creating a better campus – the future of campus services’. The email spoke of how ‘the original outsourcing of these services a decade ago caused considerable unhappiness within the University community’ [see the…

Sussex financial report by Andrew McGettigan

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Read the report in full : McGettigan_Sussex_Annual_report_2022_review_PUBLIC_Jan_2023.pdf The report linked above was prepared for Sussex UCU by Andrew McGettigan, an expert in university finances, using the Sussex Financial Statements 2021/22 [1] Sussex UCU Exec and Reps, January 2023 We encourage everyone to read the report by Andrew, linked above, in full. Below are excerpts, additional…

Six key USS facts with evidence for VCs

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To inform debate at UUK’s annual conference, 7-8 September 2022 Earlier this summer many UCU branches, including ours, signed joint statements with their leadership teams on USS. Most of these statements called for rebuilding of trust or emphasised the importance of an evidence-based approach to communications. In this spirit, ahead of the UUK’s annual conference…

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…

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,…

Sussex UEG offer on Four Fights and USS demands

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