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1) MAB From Tomorrow Tomorrow is the first day of our Marking and Assessment Boycott. For more information: https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12870/University-and-College-Union-serves-notice-for-marking-boycott-at-150-UK-universities Please note: there is a 45-min MAB Teams branch meeting today at 13:15. To join: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTk5Nzk4ZGUtOTM5Yi00ZmU2LWE1MTEtZmRhOWU1ZmY4Yzc4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22b2e47f30-cd7d-4a4e-a5da-b18cf1a4151b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2284bed226-036c-4d6a-8636-53c81afae48a%22%7d 2) Calling Notice: Bristol UCU Annual General Meeting including Election of Branch Officers and Exec Members, Wednesday 7 June, 13:00–14:00 […]

1) The Next Few Weeks YOU Decide As Bristol UCU Newsflash takes a short Spring Vacation break, we know that the next few weeks are key in our UCU disputes.   We await the formal notification of a Marking and Assessment Boycott (MAB). We look forward to UCU members’ decision in the current consultation (YOU decide: formal consultation […]

** UCU members are taking strike action from 15th-17th March, and 20th-22nd March** Bristol UCU Picket Lines, Wednesday, 15th March For a list of picket lines: https://www.ucubristol.org.uk/campaigns/bristol-ucu-picket-lines-wednesday-15th-march/ We are also picketing on the final day of scheduled strike action, Wednesday, 22nd March.   Local Hardship Fund, Notification of Taking Strike Action, Strike Pay Deductions, Action Short […]

1) Picket Lines, Wednesday 15th March, From 08:30 2) Branch General Meeting, Thursday, 23rd March, 13:00-14:00, Microsoft Teams The regularly scheduled March Branch General Meeting now falls on a strike day, so it has been rescheduled for Thursday 23 March at 1pm to be held on Microsoft Teams.   An agenda and link to the […]

1) Branch All-Members Meeting, Wednesday, 1st March, 14:00-15:00, via Microsoft Teams Bristol UCU members are invited to an all-members Teams meeting Wednesday next week at 2pm. On the agenda [link]: To join the all-members meeting on 1st March@2pm, click on the Teams link below: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzMxNjU3ZjktMTdlYS00NDg4LWI0NTQtMWI5NDMzYjdkZTE3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22b2e47f30-cd7d-4a4e-a5da-b18cf1a4151b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22808b1cd4-a148-40b5-9088-03701d876c24%22%7d

Bristol UCU Picket Lines: Thursday, 16th February Graduation Ceremonies This Week Join us outside Wills Memorial Building tomorrow and Wednesday to publicise our strike. Join UCU members from 09:30, from 12:30, and from 15:00 tomorrow (Tuesday, 14th February) and on Wednesday, 15th February outside Wills Memorial Building, to speak to students, parents and staff attending Graduation ceremonies, encouraging them, for example, to wear out UCU sashes:

Bristol UCU Picket Lines, Thursday, 9th February Speakers Wanted: “Why We Strike” Rally Email ucu-office@bristol.ac.uk if you would like to share why you are taking strike action at Thursday’s rally. 5 mins per speaker. Home Striking Day, Friday, 10th February Whatever the University pays you to do, on Friday, don’t do it. Stay at home. […]

Bristol UCU and UCU four nations wide will be on strike Wednesday, 1st February, the first of 18 days of strike action in February and March 2022. UCU members are not at work next Wednesday. Further strike days have been announced on 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 27th and 28th February. Strike days […]

1) First 2023 Strike Day Announced  –  Wednesday, 1st Feb. We are taking 18 days of strike action in February and March. The first day of strike action is Wednesday 1st February. Universities still refuse to make meaningful offers to restore pensions, to increase pay, to reduce our workloads, to improve job security, and to close gender and […]

1) Industrial Action This Year Happy 2023. Tomorrow’s UCU Higher Education Committee (HEC) will take important decisions on forthcoming industrial action in our UCU Rising dispute [link], for example, on whether to take indefinite strike action starting next month or to take a number of escalating, targeted strike days; on whether to start our Marking and […]