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Branch case studies

  • 7 April 2015

    Every year our branch does something to celebrate International Women's Day. Following a report that some of our female students are apparently signing up to a…

  • 7 February 2014

    Putting on a programme of rolling strikes presents its own challenges to branches in mobilising and sustaining the support and commitment of members. It may not…

  • 4 February 2014

    UCU's two short-duration strikes in 2014 gave branches invaluable experience in adapting ideas and seeing what works for their own membership and their own institutions.…

  • 11 July 2013

    Taking a look at the particular challenges when organising at the decentralised universities of Oxbridge.

  • 28 June 2013

    The membership secretary at University of Oxford's UCU explains how the branch is building a map of their existing and potential membership as a vital tool to help…