NEW on the blog: a post about the upcoming UCU Solidarity Movement meeting, co-sponsored by the branch: royalhollowayucu.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/he-…

During the summer we (a) do the research that gets measured in REF (b) supervise masters and PhD students (c) catch up with teaching prep (d) attend conferences. We aren’t spending three months on a beach and THE knows what culture war it’s stoking by doing this.

Exclusive. The government spent more than £23k on legal services related to Michelle Donelan’s letter to UK Research and Innovation about members of an advisory panel, bringing the total cost of the incident to the government & UKRI to more than £60k. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

Every announcement of a Voluntary Severance Scheme is copying from the same playbook referring to the 'sector-wide challenges'. They make it sound like redundancies and restructures are inevitable. We can keep questioning that narrative and develop alternative ones.

Notices are served. The Marking and Assessment Boycott begins this time next week - Friday 19 April. Fighting against sacking 35% of staff in 11 affected departments.

Following the "Update on Voluntary Severance Scheme and Cost-Saving Measures" Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, March 28th, the UCU Lincoln **FIGHTING FOR FAIR WORKLOADS** committee formally requested assurance from the Vice-Chancellor that there would be no compulsory redundancies. #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #ucu

🚨 New recruitment poster dropped 🚨 Get in touch if you want one for the office door

The management's aims are for 220 job losses overall, which is about 1/10 of staff. Queen Mary UCU, information for your list.

Thanks to the donations rolling in, most recently from Queen Mary UCU, Royal Holloway UCU and Unite National Publishing &Media, we are building our strike fund to sustain our members against punitive deductions from management.

Quick post on the blog advertising regional casework taking place this Thursday afternoon. The event is hybrid so join us if you can: royalhollowayucu.wordpress.com/2024/04/23/reg…

On the blog: an update on the 2024 AGM on Wednesday 22nd May and how to nominate yourself to join the branch committee: royalhollowayucu.wordpress.com/2024/04/17/202…

NEW on the blog - on election day, we're delighted to host a guest post from the team at LSE behind the open letter to London mayoral candidates asking them to put a stop to cyclist and pedestrian deaths caused by motor vehicles in London: royalhollowayucu.wordpress.com/2024/05/02/mak…

New on the blog: some advance details of our AGM on Wednesday 22nd May at 1pm: royalhollowayucu.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/nex…

NEW on the blog: three new motions for our AGM THIS WEDNESDAY, on expressing branch views on international matters; free speech and the right to protest; and Palestinian solidarity: royalhollowayucu.wordpress.com/2024/05/20/agm…

Holding the line on the marking and assessment boycott is truly a collective effort. Thanks to comrades Royal Holloway UCU for supporting our hardship fund & the fight against redundancies ✊

New on the blog: there are elections underway for College Council and Academic Board. Use your vote! royalhollowayucu.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/ele…

🔥Results are in & we nailed it! Members have voted overwhelmingly in support of further industrial action. Our renewed mandate is testament to the resolve of the branch and the strength of our fight.🔥

NEW on the blog - updates on what happened at the the recent UCU Branch Delegate Meeting and Higher Education Committee Meeting: royalhollowayucu.wordpress.com/2024/07/30/upd…