On 7 July, the University’s HR Committee will be meeting to discuss the cuts announced by the Vice Chancellor for 2020/1. We don’t get a seat on the HR Committee, but we’ll be there in spirit, thanks to two papers…
Supervision Work is Real Work: Launching the College Anti-Casualisation Campaign
Cambridge UCU and the Graduate Union have been campaigning in recent years to improve the rights and conditions of casualised teachers in the collegiate university, including through the CUCU anti-casualisation claim in 2018, the negotiations led by CUCU with the…
Remembering Jenny Marchant
It is with the greatest sadness that we have to announce the death of Jenny Marchant, Cambridge UCU’s branch president. Jenny passed away last Sunday surrounded by members of her family after being diagnosed last year with ovarian cancer. Jenny’s…
Black Lives Matter
Cambridge UCU stands in solidarity with all those protesting against police brutality and white supremacy and for Black Liberation in the United States. We similarly condemn the ongoing and repeated killings of Black people by British police and the violent…
Threats to Working Conditions: Cambridge UCU’s Response
At the end of last week, Stephen Toope sent an email to all staff outlining contingency plans that could see a serious erosion in working conditions for Cambridge University staff. These plans include: an extended hiring freeze, delays to leave…
Anti-Casualisation: Letter to the VC
Earlier today, our Anti-Casualisation Officers wrote to the Vice Chancellor, asking the University to do everything in its power to help out fixed-term staff reaching the end of their contracts in these unprecedented conditions. With no sign of how long…
Strikes yield first step towards Recognition
On Monday, the eighteenth day of our strike action, the Executive Committee of Cambridge UCU met with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Stephen Toope. We made it clear that the Vice Chancellor urgently needs to reassure his…
Major Breakthrough in Fight Against Casual Contracts for Hundreds of University Staff Achieved by Cambridge UCU
After 2 years of campaigning, Cambridge UCU (CUCU) applauds a major milestone on the road to more secure work for hundreds of staff across the university on the eve of historic strike action. During a meeting to discuss the use…
Why We Must Strike Now
On Thursday we will go out on strike for another fourteen days. This is a hard decision for us all. Over the last few weeks we’ve heard many of your concerns expressed to us via our reps and activists. We…
Statement on XR Action in Cambridge
An update from our Green Rep Rasha Rezk, on behalf of the Cambridge UCU Executive Committee: Beginning this weekend, and continuing for the following week, Extinction Rebellion (XR) Cambridge and XR Youth Cambridge will be staging a series of disruptive…