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…
CUCU Researchers Campaign launched
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…
Strike plans for 20-22 March – Help us build the union on research-intensive sites
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…
Monday Update: Building the Union
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…
Why should we go on strike? Reasons why it matters
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…
Papers for HR Committee: Time to Think Again
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…
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…
Hourly-paid teaching Report
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…