Category: News
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645 signatures on the open letter to 30th April 2025
Thank you to everyone who has signed the Open letter to the University of Derby about the redundancies. Sadly, the redundancy process is ongoing and so you are still welcome to sign it. So far we have received 645 signatures on the letter and have been overwhelmed by the positive comments that people have made…
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Alternative plan for the University of Derby
University of Derby UCU has been working to fight the planned redundancies that the University is threatening. As part of this we have worked with representatives of the professoriate to develop an alternative proposal. This has been developed in consultation with the wider population of associate professors and professors and submitted to the University for…
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Derby
The University of Derby is threatening to make up to 35 professors and associate professors redundant. We are asking people to sign an open letter to the University calling for a halt to these redundancies. The targeting of these colleagues fails to appreciate their wide-ranging contributions to research, learning, teaching and senior leadership, at great risk…
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Pension – Why it is important you stay in your scheme
On-line talk – 12th June 2024 – 6-7pm For FE and Post-92 institutions most members are in TPS if they teach and LGPS if they don’t. For Pre-92 institutions most members are in USS. A number of institutions are either now offering, or considering offering, alternative schemes. These schemes are often inferior but can have…
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Derby’s Silk Mill Lockout procession and festival (8th June)
At UCU Derby we support the Derby Silk Mill Lockout procession and festival. Go along and show your solidarity and remember almost two hundred years of workers struggle in Derby. In 1833/4 Derby Silk Mill Workers were locked out of work for refusing pay cuts and forming a trade union. The full force of bosses,…
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Higher education pay claim submitted for 2024-2025
The higher education joint trade union claim for 2024-25 has been agreed by the five HE trade unions (UNISON, Unite, EIS, GMB and UCU). Our demands on pay are simple. To tackle low pay through reform of the pay spine andto restore the losses in the value in pay caused by years of below-inflation pay…
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UCU week of action against workplace racism
This week UCU Derby is supporting the UCU’s week of action against workplace racism. This year’s week of action is organised to coincide with the UN Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The UCU offers members a range of resources to help them to tackle racism and raise awareness around these issues. We would like…
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Free online wills for UCU members
Being a member of the UCU offers you a wide range of benefits in addition to the collective negotiation around wages and conditions and representation in the workplace. Slater and Gordon offer UCU members a web-based facility to make their Will online through a legal document production website; please note that online registration is required.…
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Reclaim Higher Education
On the 28th February the UCU is launching its new campaign to Reclaim Higher Education. The ravages of marketisation have torn up the higher education sector as we know it and has created a system which is bad for students, staff, universities, and taxpayers alike. It’s time to reclaim higher education for the interests of…
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