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Your Bristol UCU Newsflash, 27th March 2019

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 […]

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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’ […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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