Tag: higher-education

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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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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…

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…

Sussex UCU Message to Our Students

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Updated: Mar 18, 2022 Monday 14 March, 2022 Why are we still striking and what can you do? To our students, You will be aware that industrial action continues at Sussex and at 67 other universities across the UK, including five further days of strike action over 21 – 25 March, as part of UCU’s dispute…

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

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