Calling all staff and students at the University of Cambridge! Frustrated by the University’s response to the USS pensions dispute? Looking to learn more about the UCU’s demands over low pay, inequality and casualisation in Higher Education Realising that workload…
Rally for pay and pension justice: 22 February
In person (Cambridge) and online Assemble 12 noon – King’s Parade outside Great St Mary’s Cambridge – Tuesday 22 February Supported by Cambridge UCU, Open University UCU, Cambridge SU Across the country, university staff are on strike demanding an end…
Solidarity with Durham University students and staff at South College, Durham
To the management of South College and Durham University, We, the Cambridge Branch of the University and College Union, stand in solidarity with Durham University students and staff who were recently subjected to a transphobic, racist and misogynist speech by…
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,…
Vote ‘Yes’ on 18 June to change the student disciplinary framework
Image by Kairat Muratalievo on Unsplash Content note: This blog contains mention of sexual assault On 18 June, members of Regent House have an opportunity to transform the University of Cambridge into a safer, more supportive place for our…
CUCU statement on Christchurch attacks
We offer our heartfelt support and solidarity to the families and communities devastated by the mass murder of worshippers at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. We stand alongside our Muslim sisters and brothers against Islamophobia, in our community in Cambridge…
Motion on Solidarity with Brazilian Workers and Students
Motion on Solidarity with Brazilian workers and studentsCambridge UCU AGM – 30 Nov 2018 This branch notes: The recent election of Jair Bolsonaro, and the worrying turn towards fascism in Brazil that this represents. The alarming rise in violence…
Motion on Academic freedom, complicity with UAE-Saudi war and famine in Yemen
Motion on Academic freedom, complicity with UAE-Saudi war and famine in Yemen Cambridge UCU AGM – 30 Nov 2018 This branch notes: The life sentence recently handed down to Durham PhD student Matthew Hedges by a court in UAE…