The Clark Lectures are an annual series of lectures in English literature, delivered by a distinguished figure in the field, and organised and hosted by Trinity College, Cambridge. To deliver this year’s Clark Lecture, scheduled for February 13 2020, Trinity…
Statement from the Cambridge UCU Executive Committee, 1 December 2019
We were heartbroken to learn of the events in Fishmongers’ Hall and London Bridge on Friday 29 November, and subsequently of the death of Jack Merritt, the course coordinator for the Learning Together Initiative at the Criminology Institute. On…
Motion on Climate Justice
Motion on Climate Justice – AGM 20th Nov 2019 This branch notes: That the IPCC report issued in 2018 requires global CO2 emissions to fall by 45% by 2030 and to net zero by 2050, in order to keep…
Motion on Kashmir Solidarity
Motion on Kashmir Solidarity – AGM 20th Nov 2019 Cambridge UCU condemns the Indian government’s recent actions with respect to Jammu and Kashmir. These actions have included: the decisions to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under the Indian constitution,…
CUCU statement about the donation from Shell to the University
We are alarmed to hear that the University of Cambridge has accepted a multi-million pound donation from Shell which will fund research into oil and gas extraction. Hundreds of staff and students have called on the University to divest from…
Cambridge UCU Joins the Global Climate Strike
On Friday 20 September, Cambridge UCU joined millions of striking students and workers across the world as part of the largest global day of action around the climate crisis. More than 3000 youth strikers, students, academics, workers and community members…
Casualisation negotiations update
In response to the anti-casualisation claim we sent to the University of Cambridge in December, we are having monthly meeting with the University since March. Read our report of where we are in the negotiations, what we secured, and what…
Briefing on recent USS JNC
The JNC decision After very extended discussions over several months, the USS Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) on Thursday decided upon an outcome for the 2018 valuation. As with negotiations concerning the 2017 valuation of USS, no agreement was possible between…
Motion on Trinity departure from USS
Motion on Trinity College’s departure from USS – 9 July 2019 EGM This branch notes: That defending the integrity of the USS pension scheme is one of UCU’s top priorities, locally and nationally. The censure of Trinity College by…