Category: Industrial Action
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University of Derby strike days
UCU Derby has announced its intention to take strike action on Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd, and Thursday 4th December 2025. We are calling on the University’s management to enter negotiations with us in advance of these days to try and stop the strike. Recent decisions by the University of Nottingham and Lancaster University to agree to…
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Derby votes for industrial action
DERBY VOTES FOR STRIKE ACTION 82.21% DERBY VOTES FOR ASOS 93.25% UCU Derby has just announced that there was overwhelming support for the branch to take industrial action in the face of the University’s plan for redundancies. We received an unprecedented turnout of 66.4% in the ballot and the vote was won by a huge majority…
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Last chance to vote
The UCU Derby ballot on strike and actions short of strike closes on the 11th of November (ballots have to have reached by the date at noon). Please post your ballot as soon as possible. If you have not received your ballot yet, you have time till Tuesday 4th November (12 noon) to ask for a…
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Explainer: Redundancy meetings
As people are called to meetings about possible redundancies, we feel it is important not to attend alone. Everyone has the right to ask someone to accompany them to meetings. UCU branch committee members will do our best to attend as many meetings as we can (where members request this support). But, given the current…
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How to talk to students about the redundancies
At UCU, we feel that informing students about the changes at the University is important. This helps to support students through uncertain times and helps to raise awareness and support as we oppose the job losses. The proposed changes will have an impact on the students and it helps for them to understand that this…
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UCU Derby’s response to the University’s redundancy plans
On the 15th and 16th of October, the University of Derby communicated its plan to make over 250 members of staff redundant, with over 550 members of staff involved in the process. The University has set out its case in the press and has now contacted staff and students. Stop the cuts UCU Derby strongly opposes…
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Restructuring and further redundancies: The union responds
The redundancies of professorial and associate professional staff are currently going to appeal. But, before the initial process of redundancies is completed, the University has moved to restructure the colleges and announced a further swathe of redundancies. This time the redundancies are likely to affect administrative and management staff. The union is now engaged in…
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Academic boycott of Goldsmiths, University of London
From Monday 3 June, UCU has called on all members, trade unionists, and supporters to undertake an academic boycott of Goldsmiths which includes the following: NOT applying for any advertised jobs at Goldsmiths NOT speaking at or organising academic or other conferences at Goldsmiths NOT giving lectures at Goldsmiths NOT accepting positions as visiting professors…
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It’s your time
Analysis by UCU has revealed that staff in the UK’s colleges and universities are doing the equivalent of at least two days unpaid work every week. The UCU report lays bare the extent of the workload crisis gripping post-16 education: read on our research more here
