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Update on 16 Sep 2025
Fight Back Now! Save Our Working Conditions Before It’s Too Late!
We are currently balloting for strike action and action short of a strike.
The 4 central demands of our dispute are:
1) Restoring research tariffs
2) Restoring assessment tariffs
3) Preventing job losses of Associate Lecturers
4) Demanding the proper application of the AL policy so that casualised staff are given fractional posts
2) Restoring assessment tariffs
3) Preventing job losses of Associate Lecturers
4) Demanding the proper application of the AL policy so that casualised staff are given fractional posts
Without all 4 demands being met, there will be a negative impact on the student and staff experience.
We also believe that the need for financial savings, which is at the heart of the justification of the current changes to workload, is not necessary according to existing financial plans. We have seen years of investment into buildings and not staff, and the University’s plans further exacerbate this trend.
Please remember to post your ballots! If you have already posted yours please email our administrator James Leveque so he can make a note (JLeveque@ucu.org.uk).
