Gender Pay video As the University announces the decrease in the gender pay gap from last year’s 16.2% to 13.6%, we invite you to view and share Bristol UCU’s brand new video, in which Dr Sumita Mukherjee talks about her personal experience of the Gender Pay Gap at Bristol University. As Sumita says, the personal […]
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2018/19 term dates – Easter 2019
Dear Guy, Claire, Robin and Paula, We have received feedback from yesterday’s Senate, and held meetings today of the UCU Executive and Reps and of the Joint Trade Union officers. We understand from Senators that you remain unwilling to relook at and revise term dates for 2018/19, but are willing to look at mitigation. It […]
Motion – University of Bristol UCU Priorities Regarding the Current USS Negotiations between UCU and UUK
This branch notes: We agreed a joint statement with the University of Bristol on 15th March. The joint statement stated that ‘the University is willing to consider an improved offer for staff within the bounds of affordability’, that the University would reconsider ‘the accrual rate and inflation cap as well as employer and employee contributions’ […]
Teach-Outs planning during the strike action
A number of teach-outs have been organised for tomorrow, Thursday 22 February in Woodlands Church, Belgrave Road, from 12:30–14:30. Sessions include: Lyric on a battlefield: Women, Work and Protest To Be Free is To Participate: The Spirit of 68 Fifty Years On “A history without you”: Levelling the Hilltop University History, trade unions and human […]
Teach-Outs A number of teach-outs have been organised for tomorrow, Thursday 22 February in Woodlands Church, Belgrave Road, from 12:30–14:30. Sessions include: Lyric on a battlefield: Women, Work and Protest To Be Free is To Participate: The Spirit of 68 Fifty Years On “A history without you”: Levelling the Hilltop University History, trade unions and […]
Bristol UCU asks Senate reps for support for USS negotiations
Dear Colleagues We are writing to you as members of Senate but also as a member of UCU. No doubt you are aware that UUK are proposing to end our defined benefits pension scheme by reducing the threshold from £55,000 to zero so that all contributions are put into the defined contribution section. UUK put […]
Letter to VC regarding USS Negotiation
Dear Hugh You will have received a letter this week from Sally Hunt, our General Secretary. As you will be aware Universities UK (UUK) tabled their proposal to end our defined benefits scheme on 13 November and have said that they will not continue to negotiate beyond 18 December. This is a ridiculously short time-scale […]
Your Bristol UCU Newsflash, 13th September 2017
1) PhDs Go Free If you’re a PhD student and are teaching, it is now free to join University of Bristol UCU. All part of ‘Transforming UCU’: “Effective from 1 October 2017, if you are a PhD teaching in HE…UCU will make your union membership free” Now no financial reason for PhD students teaching at […]
South West HE Sector Meeting, Wednesday 9th March, 14:00-16:00, Old School Rooms, Stoke Gifford, Bristol
Bristol hosts the HE Sector Meeting for all members in the South West. Normally held in Exeter, in an effort to make the event easier to get to, the meeting has been moved to Bristol. The venue is a 2 minute walk from Bristol Parkway Station. Travel costs can be reimbursed Initial agenda items include: […]
Your 3 Bristol UCU Priorities, Thursday 26 November, 13:00-14:00, 2D2, Priory Rd Complex
Bristol UCU Members Meetings: Mirroring the University’s Vision and Strategy review this year, Bristol UCU would like to launch its own review. The objective is to establish 3 key demands to set our priorities for 2016/17 negotiation. We also have members’ online survey