General secretary's news
Updates from Jo Grady, UCU's general secretary
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7 September 2021
As the autumn term gets underway an amazing 1,000 UCU members joined our online higher education briefing on Friday 3 September for an update on the union's strategy…
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3 September 2021
An important development occurred this week in negotiations with employers over USS pensions. Despite intensive efforts by UCU's negotiators to find an alternative…
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22 June 2021
As many members will know, UCU's annual Congress recently took place over three days from 29 May to 2 June. Congress is where members decide the union's policy…
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14 June 2021
The strike action ballot in a number of FE colleges in England is now open and members can expect to receive your ballot papers over the next few days.
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28 May 2021
Members in USS institutions will know from my recent emails that Universities UK (UUK) has asked employers to endorse a package of severe cuts to USS pension benefits.…
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19 May 2021
Information on the current USS situation, including a newly launched Q&A.
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14 May 2021
UCU Novus members working in prison education have been on strike Tuesday 11 May, and Wednesday 12 May in a dispute over health and safety. This covers 49 prisons…
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12 May 2021
It is just over a year since UCU members in 69 universities were on strike over the 'Four Fights': pay, equality, job security, and workload. Thousands more members…
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