UCU Congress 2023

3 February 2023

Congress 2023 will be held at the SEC Centre, Glasgow from Saturday 27 May - Monday 29 May 2023.

The final agenda for annual Congress and the sector conferences setting out motions and amendments for debate is now available. [784kb]. This was also issued as branch circular UCU2091.

Timetable and order of business

Saturday, 27 May, 09:30 - 18:00

Congress

09:30 Opening business, including:

welcome and address from Janet Farrar, president
appointment of tellers
adoption of the report of the Congress business committee
adoption of Congress minutes June 2022 (UCU2089)

10:15 Section 1: Business of the education committee (motions 1-3)

10:45 Section 2: Business of the strategy and finance committee to be taken in open session (motions 4-20)

12:30 Lunch (12:30) and fringe meetings (13:00-14:00)

14:00 Address by Dr Jo Grady, general secretary

14:15 Private session: Section 3: Business of the strategy and finance committee (motions 21-41)

16:30 Private session: Section 4: Rule changes (42-49)

Section 2 (continued), Business of the strategy and finance committee to be taken in open session (motions 4-20)

18:00 Close of first day of Congress business

Sunday 28 May, 09:00-18:30

Further education sector conference

09:00 Opening business, including

appointment of tellers
adoption of the report of the Congress business committee
adoption of minutes of FE sector conference June 2022 (UCU2088)
report of the head of further education, Paul Bridge

09:30 Private session: motions FE1-FE2, Pay

Motions FE3-FE13

12:30 Lunch (12:30) and fringe meetings (13:00-14:00)

14:00 Motions FE3-FE13 (continued)

Non-resolutionary business: A Turning Tide: Improvements in the FE financial landscape for colleges in England: presentation and discussion

18:00 (or on the completion of all sessions) Close of FE sector conference 2023

Higher education sector conference

09:00 Opening business, including

appointment of tellers
adoption of the report of the Congress business committee
adoption of minutes of HE sector conference June 2022 (UCU2087)
adoption of minutes of special HE sector conference April 2023 (UCU2090)
report of the head of higher education, Shahenda Suliman

9:30 Private session: motions HE1-HE14, New JNCHES and pay

12:00 Private session: motions HE15-HE19, USS

12:30 Lunch (12:30) and fringe meetings (13:00-14:00)

14:00 Private session: motions HE15-HE19, USS (continued)

14:30 Motions HE20, TPS and HE21-HE26, Anti-casualisation

15:30 Motions HE27-HE28, Academic related, professional services staff, and HE29-HE34, Student distribution and HE funding

16:45 Motions HE35-40, Equality, and HE41-42, Other matters

18:00 Close of higher education sector conference 2023

Monday, 29 May, 09:00 - 15:00

Congress

09:00 Section 5: Business of the equality committee (motions 50-65)

11:30 Section 6: Business of the recruitment, organising and campaigning committee (motions 66-83)

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Section 6 (continued): Business of the recruitment, organising and campaigning committee

14:45 Closing business, including

election results
election of incoming president, Justine Mercer
closing remarks

15:00 Close of Congress 2023

Expenses

Reasonable travel and subsistence expenses will be paid to cover costs necessarily incurred in attending Congress, including delegates' travel from work or home addresses within the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. These expenses will be met centrally by UCU. Receipts must be submitted in respect of all expenses claimed, whether travel or subsistence. An expenses claim form specific to Congress will be made available to delegates.

Hotel accommodation for delegates will be paid for directly by UCU; other necessary subsistence costs (such as evening meals) will be reimbursed to delegates in accordance with the expense claim form.

Delegates are asked to minimise their expenses wherever possible, including booking advance travel tickets.

Delegate entitlements

Branches are entitled to one delegate per 400 members or part thereof: delegate entitlements.

Congress Business Committee

A full list of nominations received for elections to take place at Congress can be found here. [51kb]

Nominations for the following vacancies are now closed:

two higher education members of the Congress Business Committee
two further education members of the Congress Business Committee.

The term of office is from the close of annual Congress and sector conference meetings 2023 until the close of Congress 2025. The calling notice for these vacancies: UCU2062.