GS tour: Jo is in UEA and Cambridge on 28 Oct

General secretary’s tour

** note-Jo is coming to UEA and Cambridge in our region on 28 Oct-read below**

UCU general secretary Jo Grady is touring higher education institutions across the UK this autumn, calling on members to vote YES in both the USS pension ballot and the higher education pay and equality ballot. Dates and times for the tour can be found in the table below.

GS ballot tour 2019

Tour schedule

Date Time Location
16 September 1300 University of Dundee
16 September 1700 The University of St Andrews
17 September 1300 Heriot-Watt University
17 September 1700 The University of Edinburgh
18 September 1300 University of Strathclyde
18 September 1600 The University of Glasgow
24 September 1300 The University of Sussex
25 September 1700 London School of Economics
27 September 1300 Bangor University
30 September 1300 Keele University
30 September 1700 The University of Liverpool
1 October 1230 The University of Manchester
1 October 1600 Lancaster University
2 October 1300 The University of Leeds
7 October 1300 University of Nottingham
7 October 1700 University of Leicester
8 October 1730 The University of Sheffield
9 October 1300 University of Birmingham
9 October 1700 University of Warwick
14 October 1530 Newcastle University
15 October 1300 University of Bristol
21 October tbc Queen’s University Belfast
21 October tbc Ulster University
22 October 1300 Cardiff University
23 October 1230 University of Oxford
28 October 1200 University of East Anglia
28 October 1700 University of Cambridge

 

 

Show your support for the global climate justice strike, Fri 20 Sep midday (17 Sep 2019)

Essex support for the global climate justice strike, 20 Sept, midday

 

Essex UCU encourages you to show your support for the students’ climate justice strike during your lunch break, between 12.00 and 12.30 on Friday 20th September.  This is supported by both the national UCU and the TUC.  We will be on the squares.

“Climate Change 101” (National Geographic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtW2rrLHs08

“Climate Change — the facts in 4 minutes” (BBC):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p076w7g5

VC and Uni management in support of our event

See you next Friday!