Keele University and College Union
The University and College Union (UCU) was formed by the merger of AUT
and NATFHE in June 2006. UCU is a trade union and professional association for
lecturing staff, researchers, and other professional staff in UK higher
education, including administrators, librarians, computer staff, and
postgraduate students who undertake teaching.
This is the web-site of Keele UCU, the Local Association of UCU at Keele
University. (Many of the pages on this site refer to Keele UCU under its
former name of Keele AUT.)
Officers, committee and representatives
of Keele UCU.
Joining UCU.
Help and advice for individual members.
Local activities and information.
News
- New teaching timetable, which runs from 9am to 7pm, with
no break at 1-2pm. We are in discussions with management about this; see our
submissions.
- National negotiations on redundancies and 2009 pay claim.
The industrial action ballot has been postponed pending referral of the dispute
to ACAS. See
more information about
the threats to jobs,
a summary of the situation on the negotiations with UCEA,
and background on
the review of negotiating structures.
- Privatisation plan involving Study Group International.
See special newsletter. The general
meeting on 16th March passed the following motion: 'Keele UCU opposes the plan
to enter into a partnership with Study Group International and resolves to
campaign against it.'
- We have recently unearthed the University's scheme to assist the
purchase of personal computers by staff.
- Our November 2008 newsletter -
articles on the Visitor's decision, anti-bullying event, the university's
deficit, the SEMS/CHPM campaign, and postgraduate support.
- SEMS/CHPM dispute (2008/9) - see
information about last year's campaign
against compulsory redundancy in the School of Economic and Management Studies
and the Centre for Health Planning and Management.
- Framework agreement. All academic and related staff have
been assimilated to a new grade and salary point, backdated to 1st August 2005.
More details.
Links
Services for members
Views expressed in Keele UCU web pages are not the official views of Keele
University.
Peter Fletcher - p.fletcher@maths.keele.ac.uk. Last updated 17th June
2009.
