UCU VS and REDUNDANCY RESOURCES

I am a UCU member and have some questions about the VSS Scheme, Pensions, and Redundancy

We totally understand that time is tight, and members will have a lot of questions. We have made this point to the University Executive, and we will continue to do so. This document distils some of the information given by the University and provides UCU members with some additional sources of information. Please do check with what you have already been sent by the University, as many of the answers will be provided by them.

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Joint statement

 Please find attached here a joint statement from the LGBTQ* staff Network at Northumbria University, Northumbria UNISON Branch Committee, UCU Branch Executive & Northumbria Students’ Union Sabbaticals in reaction to transphobic comments made by the prime Minister.

What can we do about workloads?

Please click here to find what we can do about workloads.

Northumbria UCU MAB Update

Everyone recognises the challenges the marking and assessment boycott has posed for individuals and institutions, staff and students, and the local and national context for the boycott is changing rapidly.  Having consulted senior management to find ways to resolve matters, and with resits and level 7 work coming in, your UCU Northumbria officers advise you to now ‘Mark and Park’: that is, mark all resit and incoming L7 scripts as usual but withhold the marks in preparation to release them as soon as we are advised it is UCU policy to do so, which we anticipate being likely in early September. On the basis that we aim to release marks in time for the PABs to engage in their business prior to the commencement of semester 1, we understand that there will be no further deductions of pay.

You should also have received a survey from UCU national, covering MAB participation – please complete ASAP.