Elected Members of Essex UCU
Committee Members and Officers of the branch
Officers and other members of the local committee are Essex UCU members elected annually at the branch AGM by the branch membership as a whole. These are voluntary roles although some receive time off from work (facility time). Legally H&S reps and Union Learning reps receive time off for their roles. The committee meet regularly to discuss issues pertinent to local members and decide branch strategy.
The current committee is listed below. Nominations for AY 21-22 will open on 24 March 2021, close on 26 May 2021 and announced at the AGM on 23 June- see branch meetings webpage
However once the new committee is announced, 4 new members can be co-opted on to join throughout the AY. Please get involved and consider taking up a role in your branch. Having a committee made up of members from across our branch is essential for our democracy and efficacy and the role is rewarding in its own right. If you require more information please contact ucu@essex.ac.uk or a member of our current committee
See our branch rules for more information
ESSEX UCU committee : June 2020-AGM 2021
President Irene McMullin
Vice-President Peter Patrick
Secretary Paul Siddall
Treasurer Billy Woods (co-opted 8 July 2020)
Equality and Diversity Officer Kevin Lu
Membership and Recruitment Officer VACANT
Anti-casualisation officer Ayse Sargin (and GTA/GLA rep)
Ordinary Committee members:
Jak Peake ( co-opted on 8 July) Key Covid lead (acted as branch president during Autumn term 2020-2021)
Chris Fox (former President)
Colin Samson
Nic Beuret
Ewen Speed
Michael Bailey
Cathy Crawford (H&S rep)
Lorna Finlayson
Dave Rush
Karen Hudson
Ray Lashley (H&S rep)
Felicity Szenat
Lorcan Whitehead (Casework Coordinator)
Lynne Jordan
Kate Rockett (Pensions rep)
Kate Seymour
Jane Hindley (Environmental rep)
Amelia Horgan
Olivia Arigho-Stiles
Anam Kuraishi
Jordan Savage (resigned Jan 2021)
Ex officio: Steve Sangwine (former branch president and NEC treasurer)
Returning Officer
Tom Cornford, Law
The returning officer is appointed by the Committee and is responsible for organising all local elections and ballots.
Congress Representatives
not decided for 2020-2021
Congress representatives are elected at annually and represent Essex UCU at meetings of National Congress and the Higher Education Sector Conference (HESC).
Departmental Representatives
Departmental representatives (dep reps) are the first point of contact between the department and the union. If your department is not represented in the list below, please contact Lorraine Collins
Dep reps will be approved at each annual AGM as per the list below on that date.
| Department | Representative |
|---|---|
| Academic Section | Lynne Jordan
Dave Rush (Skills for Success) |
| Life Sciences | Nelson Fernandez |
| Computer Science and Electronic Engineering | Martin Reed
Javier Andreu-Perez |
| Communications and external relations | Safwaad Ahmed |
| Economics | Kate Rockett |
| Essex Business School | Nicholas Beuret M&M
Sandra Moog, OSHRM (large dept so we require additional reps for the Accounting dept) |
| Government | Anam Kuraishi
Gina Reinhardt |
| Health and Social Care | Ewen Speed |
| History | Peter Gurney |
| IT Services | Nigel Bryant |
| ISER | Paul Siddall |
| Pathways Essex | Billy Woods |
| Language and Linguistics | Aulaya Dos Santos |
| Law | Tom Cornford, Tom Flynn |
| Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies | Nic Blower |
| Mathematics | Jesus Martinez-Garcia |
| Physics Centre | Martin Reed CSEE |
| Planning Office | Sarah Manning-Press Research & Enterprise Office |
| Psychology | Geoff Cole |
| Research & Enterprise Office | Sarah Manning-Press |
| School of Philosophy and Art History | Irene McMullin |
| Sociology | Michael Bailey |
| Southend Campus | Karen Hudson |
| SRES | John Mills |
| UK Data Archive | Sharon Bolton |
Human Resources: Samer Gharib
Edge Hotel: Jenny Kaye