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in UCU disputes

UCU faces a collective industrial dispute with Unite over racism, equality, safety, and management issues. Unite members voted for action, citing UCU’s failure to address concerns adequately. The branch demands UCU to meet employment standards, address racism, and engage with Unite to resolve the dispute. They also plan to support Unite’s demands publicly.

Success Story: Transforming Doctoral Tutor Contract at Sussex University

Jun 14, 2024

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In Summer 2022, Sussex UCU triumphed in a marking boycott, securing a new contract for Doctoral Tutors, addressing issues of casualization. The process involved local campaigning, support from the national PGR as Staff Campaign, and negotiating for improved terms and conditions, marking a significant achievement in the fight against casualization.

Sussex UCU Executive Committee statement supporting the Sussex Palestine solidarity encampments

May 14, 2024

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in palestine

On May 13, 2024, Sussex University students began an encampment protesting the university’s ties to Israel’s actions in Gaza. They demand a ceasefire, divestment from Israel, and resources to rebuild Gaza’s educational institutions. Sussex UCU supports these demands, urging the university to act and condemning all forms of discrimination.

Sign Open Letter on Student Finance Issues

Apr 15, 2024

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Sussex Students’ Union have published an open letter regarding the recent student finance issues that have affected members of our Sussex community. Sussex Exec voted to endorse and circulate the letter last week in support of USSU and our affected members. In early March, just under 900 students received ‘reminder letters’ from the University Finance…

Uniting Against Academic Casualisation: A Call for Solidarity and Action

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In academia, where knowledge production is often celebrated while the labour that creates it is invisibilised, there exists a reality that often goes unnoticed—the precarity of post-graduate researchers (PGRs). As voices behind groundbreaking research and the backbone of undergraduate education, PGRs play a vital role in the academic ecosystem. Yet, they often find themselves navigating…

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…

Open letter to University of Brighton from Sussex Centre for Advanced International Theory

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To Debra Humphris and the Senior Management and Governors of the University of Brighton, We write as the management committee of the Sussex Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) at the University of Sussex. We are shocked and saddened to learn of the mass redundancies recently announced at the University of Brighton. Humanities and social…

Open letter to University of Brighton from Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research

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To Debra Humphris and the Senior Management and Governors of the University of Brighton, We write as Co-Directors of the Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Sussex. We are shocked and saddened to learn of the mass redundancies recently announced at the University of Brighton. Humanities and social sciences research culture…

Sussex financial report by Andrew McGettigan

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