Essex UCU branch have launched an online petition about probation and the internal REF within University of Essex on the web:
http://speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/university-of-essex/
This is mainly of concern to academic staff given the issues, but we very much welcome any signatures also from non-academic staff in support. It is very important to secure the position of especially our junior colleagues on probation. The petition is self-explanatory.
It is an OPEN petition, meaning anyone who accesses the URL can sign it. Hence I will ask you importantly to PLEASE FILL IN YOUR Essex email and ask others to do the same. (The petition asks for names too so it is not a matter of anonymity.) This will allow us to track and count signatures from Essex.
Many thanks for your support