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1. The first UCU South West Region Equalities Conference. Wednesday 2nd October 2024, 5.00pm to 7.00pm, on Teams Every UCU member is welcome!  Maxine Looby, President of UCU, has agreed to open the conference.  Kevin Daws, South West Regional Equality Officer asks: ‘How can we work together to make Equalities a part of the DNA of Colleges and […]

1. Bristol UCU General Meeting Wednesday 16th October 13:00 – 14:00 on Teams This is our first GM of the new academic year.  All members welcome!  The agenda will be shared with members in Newsflash and in meeting updates.  One agenda item for discussion by members will certainly be UCEA’s 2024-25 offer.  Please join the meeting here [LINK]. Meeting […]

1.         UCEA Full and Final Offer September 2024 Welcome back! This is a single item Newsflash for members to give their views on UCEA’s final 2024-25 offer. ***More info, updates and developments at Bristol UCU to follow in the next couple of weeks.*** Summary: After dispute resolution meetings in August 2024, UCEA gave its final offer on […]

1.         Bristol Palestine Solidarity Camp Legal Action Bristol UCU is deeply concerned that legal action is being taken by University of Bristol against student protestors.  We have urged the University’s Executive Board to ensure that students’ freedom of assembly and expression protected. A possession order to evict the encampment protestors was declined on Friday 5th July 2024, although further […]

1) Branch Annual General Meeting, 13:00-14:00, Wednesday 5th June, 2024, Microsoft Teams All Bristol UCU members are invited to the online branch AGM on Wednesday, 5th June@ 1pm. One item on the agenda: election of branch officers and the branch Executive Committee for 2024-25. One key issue: with long-standing branch officer and current Branch President Jamie Melrose […]

1) Pay and Grade Structure Proposals: Joint Union Update Following the approval by both University of Bristol Unite and UCU branches of the University’s pay and grade structure proposals — the phased removal of bottom spine points from grades and the addition of new top spine points to grades —, UNISON branch have voted to reject these […]

1) Tea & Coffee Survey Drawn up by our UNISON colleague Jane Carter, please complete this joint union Tea and Coffee Survey: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=MH_ksn3NTkql2rGM8aQVG54-iOWt421Io5JpcprFwSNUMjdQTVZTUkRGNTJEMzVTSzRCUDFDOVI0MC4u The survey is intended to better understand the situation across the University concerning the provision of day-to-day refreshments/break rooms. Do you get your tea and coffee supplied? Or do you have to pay? […]

1) Bristol UCU Primo Vere Thanks to everyone who attended our branch General Meeting last week. Thanks, too, to everyone who participated in recent e-consultations on the pay and grade structure proposals and on branch motions to go to Congress. Proposals and motions both approved btw by Exec Committee. Said proposals approved by Unite: we look forward […]

1) General Meeting, Today,13:00-14:00, Teams To join today:  https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2RmMTFkZmQtODFjNi00OTg5LThkMjctYjhjYzgyNmEyMDlj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22b2e47f30-cd7d-4a4e-a5da-b18cf1a4151b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2213b13f87-fa76-4f29-9904-f9f645bd8649%22%7d To complete the branch e-survey on our proposed branch motions to Congress: https://bristolucu.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/motions-2-go-2-congress-2024 2) Vic Rooms Student Occupation & Ceasefire NOW! Bristol UCU branch shares the call of the student ‘UoB Occupation for a Free Palestine’ for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied territories, […]

1) Pay and Grade Structure Proposals Following our branch Executive Committee yesterday, the University of Bristol branch of UCU has officially approved the University pay and grade structure proposals, proposals ‘negotiated by trade union reps and University/HR officers over the course of October, November, and December, and approved by the University Executive Board‘ in January. […]