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Supervision Boycott 2023: Student FAQs

August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 Anne#Justice4CollegeSupervisors, Casualisation, Pay

Why are supervisors boycotting? Our boycott has two aims: fair pay and contracts.  We get paid around a tenner per hour to take undergraduate supervisions. Depending on preparation time, we sometimes even get paid below minimum wage. Our time and…

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CUCU Researchers Campaign launched

March 30, 2023April 2, 2023 Tommy NybergCasualisation, Industrial Action, UCU, Workload

Last week we launched the new Cambridge UCU Researchers Campaign, to contest the increasing casualisation of researchers at the University and the Colleges. Early career researchers are often offered repeated extensions of insecure fixed-term contracts, even when it would be…

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Strike plans for 20-22 March – Help us build the union on research-intensive sites

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 AnneCasualisation, UCU

Our three strike days scheduled for 20-22 March will focus on research-intensive sites across the University. We will be at Addenbrookes on Monday 20 March, Downing site and nearby departments on 21 March and West Cambridge on 22 March. In…

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Monday Update: Building the Union

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 adminCasualisation, Industrial Action, Pay, Pensions, USS

Welcome to the first day of our latest round of strikes. This time round, we’re focusing on building the union, recruiting new members, and spreading the word about just how severe a crisis we’re facing. To recap today’s action, here’s…

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Why should we go on strike? Reasons why it matters

March 16, 2022 adminCasualisation, Equality & Diversity, Industrial Action, Pay, Pensions, USS

As we approach another set of strike days, you might be wondering why we should strike again, and whether it will make any difference. This is why striking continues to matter, and how it can still make a difference: USS…

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Papers for HR Committee: Time to Think Again

June 30, 2020 adminCasualisation, Equality & Diversity

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…

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Supervision Work is Real Work: Launching the College Anti-Casualisation Campaign

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 adminCasualisation

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…

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Pledge to Raise the Bar for casualised staff

October 13, 2019November 10, 2019 adminCasualisation, Uncategorized

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Casualisation negotiations update

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 adminCasualisation

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…

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Hourly-paid teaching Report

July 7, 2019July 7, 2019 adminCasualisation

Our new report on hourly-paid teaching reveals the pervasiveness of the casualisation of teaching staff at Cambridge, and its effects on the financial and psychological stability of University workers. The report, based on new data coming from a survey amongst…

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  • Supervision Boycott 2023: Student FAQs August 3, 2023
  • Boycott of College Supervisions launched: how you can help the campaign win July 15, 2023
  • Joint statement from Cambridge University and Cambridge UCU on the current dispute May 22, 2023
  • AGM and Executive Committee elections 2023 May 10, 2023
  • Support the Marking and Assessment Boycott – a guide for members April 20, 2023
  • Joint statement from the Office for Intercollegiate Services and the Cambridge UCU Justice For College Supervisors Campaign following the meeting on 30/03/2023 April 14, 2023

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