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 each academic year open in Spring and are announced at the AGM in June.
However once the new committee is announced, 4 new members can be co-opted on to join throughout the academic year. 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 any member of our current committee.
See our branch rules for more information.
Essex UCU committee + other key contacts 2024-2025:
| Co-Presidents | Jordan Osserman Dave Rush Lorcan Whitehead |
| Treasurer | Billy Woods |
| Membership and Recruitment Officer | Callum Cant |
| Secretary | –vacant– |
| Anti-Casualisation Officer | –vacant– |
| Environmental Officer | –vacant– |
| Health and Safety Rep (+ ordinary member) | Cara Booker |
| Casework Coordinator (+ ordinary member) | Nicole Baerg |
| PGR Rep (+ ordinary member) | Ronja Heymann |
| Pensions Rep (+ ordinary member) | Tom Cornford |
| Ordinary members | Sharon Bolton Jayne Hannah Lynne Jordan Draško Kašćelan Nina Markl Alex Nicholas Felicity Szesnat Dave Watson |
| Ex-officio (former president + HEC member) | Jak Peake |
| Regional Officer | Michael Kyriacou |
| Branch Manager | Kester Richardson-Dawes |
Congress Representatives
Congress representatives (tbc) are elected annually or via general meetings, 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 (or section, group, campus…) is not represented in the list below, please contact Kester Richardson-Dawes.
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) |
| Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) | Javier Andreu-Perez |
| Communications and external relations | –vacant– |
| Economics | –vacant– |
| Edge Hotel School | Jenny Kaye |
| Essex Business School (EBS) | Nicholas Beuret (M&M) Alex Nicholas Nick Rowe Rebecca Warren Dave Watson Luciana Zorzoli |
| Government | Nicole Baerg |
| Health and Social Care | Draško Kašćelan Konstantinos Roussos ZhiMin Xiao |
| HR | Samer Gharib |
| ISER | –vacant– |
| Pathways Essex | Billy Woods |
| Language and Linguistics | Nina Markl Charles Redmon |
| Law | Tom Cornford Ebba Lekvall |
| Life Sciences | Nelson Fernandez |
| Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies (LiFTS) | Holly Pester |
| Mathematics | Georgi Grahovski |
| Philosophical Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies (PHAIS) | Lorna Finlayson (SPAH) |
| Physics Centre | Martin Reed (CSEE) |
| Planning Office | –vacant– |
| Psychology | Elia Valentini |
| Research & Enterprise Office (REO) | –vacant– |
| Sociology | Michael Bailey |
| Southend Campus | –vacant– |
| SRES | Brandon Shaw Ina Shaw |
| UK Data Archive | Sharon Bolton |