Happy Holidays 2025
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Make 25-26 the Year You Join UCU !
We are negotiating this year on members behalf across a range of issues including pay and workload. The more members we have , the stronger we are.
Did you know that if you are a student facing member of staff not on a lecturing contract e.g. tutor/assessor you could qualify for the first year’s membership free ! See this link for details
UCU – Future of the profession: Standard Free membership FAQs
New Deal for FE consultation, May-June 2025
As part of the New Deal for FE campaign, UCU is running a consultation (in the form of an electronic ballot) of members working in further education colleges in England.
What is happening?
UCU is running a consultation, in the form of an electronic ballot, of members in further education (FE) colleges in England to discern the level of support for an industrial action ballot in Autumn 2025, should the further education sector conference at UCU Congress 2025 vote for one. The industrial action ballot will be in support of delivering a New Deal for FE.
The electronic ballot will open on Thursday 22 May 2025 and close on Friday 20 June 2025.
Eligible UCU FE members will receive an email containing a unique weblink which can be used to cast their vote. Members should not forward or share their unique voting link.
Please vote YES in support of a national industrial action ballot.
LOVE UNIONS WEEK at SOUTH ESSEX
UCU and Unison will be holding a recruitment and Heart Unions campaign on the following dates:
Wednesday 12th February @ Luker Road reception 12-2pm
Thursday 13th February @ Thurrock West Reception 12-2pm
We will be arranging future events for other sites, if there are any staff that would like to speak to a union representative who cannot attend these events, please contact:-
Sara.Whitehead@southessex.ac.uk – Unison, or
Claire.hopkinson@southessex.ac.uk – University College Union (UCU)
Links to the union websites
Join UNISON and get essential cover
We welcome all staff to visit us, members, and non-members.
Information will consist of the following:-
- Recruitment of members
- Love Unions
- Pay
- Health & Safety in the Workplace
- Financial help
- Benefits
- Access to Work
- Legal help
Look Forward to seeing you there
Complete the Workload Survey
IT’S YOUR TIME !
Please take part in our Workload campaign by completing our short survey. Across campus sites you will see posters with a QR code appearing in offices and staffrooms. Please log on via this code to complete our workload survey which will give us valuable information to inform our discussions with management on excessive workload. You do not have to be a UCU member to complete this survey so please encourage all your colleagues to complete it.
