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All members should have received ballot papers for the local dispute between Durham UCU and Durham University. We are seeking approval for action short of a strike (ASOS) and strike action. The branch recommends that members vote YES to both … Continued

The recent decision by the Reform-led Durham County Council to withdraw funding from the annual Durham Pride event is a backward step for LGBTQ+ rights in the North East, which the  University and College Union (UCU) Committee at Durham University … Continued

Staff at Durham University have voted to take three additional days of strike action in their ongoing dispute over the university’s refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies, the University and College Union (UCU) has announced. The strikes will take place … Continued

We write in dismay over the resignation of our Durham University colleague and UCU member who is resigning from the university over issues of equality and diversity – more specifically, over university management’s inadequate response to the South College incident … Continued

Durham UCU members, in a General Meeting following a consultative ballot, have voted to end industrial action under the current mandate, in recognition of an agreement made with the employer. The agreement covers: a joint statement on USS pensions a … Continued

What is the dispute about? There are two ongoing disputes – on the cuts to pensions, and on the general degradation of pay and conditions in universities (the “Four Fights” of pay, inequality, casualisation and workload). We are asking the … Continued

UCU branches at 149 universities, including Durham, will be involved in fresh ballots over the USS and pay and conditions disputes (Four Fights). The ballots opened on Wednesday 16 March and will close at 5pm on Friday 8 April. Please … Continued

Following senior management’s refusal to publish the recommendations from Professor MacNaughton’s report into the events at South College, we have agreed a joint statement with the Durham BAME network, Durham Intersectional Feminist Society and Durham University Labour Club, which has … Continued

While UCEA, representing Higher Education employers generally, refuses to negotiate nationally on the pay, inequality, casualisation or workload aspects of the Four Fights, many of these are also matters which can be negotiated locally. Following contributions to drafting by many … Continued

We stand in solidarity with all those reportedly targeted in Rod Liddle’s speech – including transgender individuals, those who have engaged in sex work, members of racialised groups, and working-class students. We also stand in solidarity with those who exercised … Continued