Bristol UCU1. Staff Fair – Come say Hi! Please do come along on November 6th between 11am and 2pm in Wills Memorial Hall. Branch officers will be there and happy to speak to any existing and prospective members. Booking for the fair itself is required via the University link. 2. UCU’s equality groups one-day hybrid conferences 3. Petition – Remove the flags in Bristol At the General Meeting, the Branch committed […]
1. Industrial Action Ballot – We are the University By now, you should all have received your ballot papers for the Joint Higher Education Trade Union National Claim. Please return these as soon as you can. The UCU ballot is aggregated, meaning that 50% of UCU’s total higher education membership across the country have to […]
1. Black History Month 2025 & Racial Inequality at UoB The full report with findings, recommendations and actions can be found here. 2. CALD – Redundancies were unnecessary after all Members will recall that colleagues in the Centre of Academic Language and Development entered into a dispute with the university over plans to make tens […]
1. General Meeting Wednesday 15 October 1pm We have a General Meeting coming up. This will be an opportunity to discuss the national cross-union industrial action ballot as well as what the branch has been working on locally. We will also be circulating at least one motion next week, for discussion and vote at the […]
1. Bristol UCU Survey – Living and working at UoB with chronic condition and/or disabilities – closing next Friday (September 19th) This survey [link] seeks to explore the perspectives and experiences of staff and PGRs at UoB (Union and non-Union members). Please note that this survey is completely anonymous, and we do not ask any questions that would make you […]
1. Defend Refugees – Stop the Far Right, Saturday 9 August This event on Saturday is a counterprotest against the concerning far right protests outside accommodations housing refugees. Many groups in the city, including the Trade Unions Congress, are supporting the event. UCU Bristol will be there with our banner. It would be great to […]
1. CALD Industrial Action Update In the days leading up to strike action starting in CALD on 9 July, university management started negotiating seriously about mitigations to their announced compulsory redundancies. During these negotiations, members were on strike for four days. On 15 July members accepted an agreement with management that offered a genuine mitigation […]
1. Bristol UCU Members on Strike: Picket, Rally and Donations So far, we have not been able to reach agreement on withdrawing plans for compulsory redundancies in CALD (Centre for Language and Academic Development), where 45 staff are still at risk. Hope springs eternal that alternative proposals can still be negotiated, but for now we need to […]
1. CALD Strike A message from Oscar Berglund (Co UCU President). Members in CALD (Centre for Academic Language and Development) will be going on strike from the 9th of July over the 20+ compulsory redundancies. We need to raise funds to support them. You can donate to Unity Trust Acc: UCU Bristol LA9 Hardship Fund […]
1. Responding to EHRC consultation As many of you will be aware, the EHRC is running a consultation on its Code of Practice for services, public functions, and associations following the recent Supreme Court decision on the definition of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act. The University of Bristol is also consulting its employees on that, […]