@UniOfSurrey
is taking anti-strike action and using the precarious situation of PGRs to do so. There is no money to pay a good salary for teaching, but there is money to bribe us into crossing the picket line. This is shameful!
Concerned about revisions to Lecture Capture Polices and your legal rights? Concerned that your institution is moving beyond the sector norm? Read the below for a legal 'lowdown'
@ucusurrey
@ucu
Let's make tomorrow even bigger
@UCUSurrey
.
We will be meeting again 08:30 at the Stag.
Bring your
@UCU
colleagues, your dogs, your students. Find the collegiality that is lost due to unmanageable workloads and a system that does not value its staff.
#ucuRISING
@surreypostgrads
Fantastic
@UCUSurrey
turn out again today and unanimous vote for Surrey
@UCU
Committee Motion: A motion to enter into a formal dispute with the University of Surrey over setting MEQ scores as compulsory targets in appraisals and probation processes:
See you all
@UcuSurrey
by the Stag entrance at 08:30. The lovely
@SurreyUnion
have messaged us to say they will be bringing
@ucu
picketers morning pastries so don’t miss out here
@UniOfSurrey
!
...which is why we need a shout out for the reballoting branches
@UCU
✊! Ballot papers are on their way
@UCUSurrey
- this window between 6th Dec - 14th Jan is the second chance we don't always get in life 😂🙌
As the third day of strike action ends, we want to thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts for the solidarity you have shown university staff ❤️
This battle is far from over - and we will need all of you and more as the dispute continues into next year
#OneOfUsAllOfUs
We cannot thank enough the
@UCU
committee members, reps and volunteers who have come forward to help
@UCUSurrey
members facing consultation meetings.
It is at the very worst of times - that you see the very best of people 🙏
@UCU
has adopted a policy to campaign for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) to be recognised as members of staff. We are keen to discuss this with our PGR members. Register ⬇️
@ucusurrey
#fundthefuture
University of Surrey has made a move to 25% ASOS deductions. More discussions to follow. Members will be kept updated. A HUGE
@ucusurrey
thank you to all the
@ucu
support we have received so far
@academicboycot1
#USSstrikes
We are astounded by the VC msg to the
@UniOfSurrey
PGR community re the VS scheme, which states:
'To support our decision-making throughout the process we are working closely with the Students’ Union and staff unions.'
[1/4]
So
@UniversitiesUK
what are your plans today? Please don’t get back to
@ucusurrey
with ‘anytime, anyplace’ - if this was your genuine approach to negotiations
@ucu
would not have reached this
#USSstrike
position in the first place.
When it comes to teaching and learning facilities on campus, we’re continually updating our spaces to enhance your study experience.
To visit these facilities, check out our new campus map, available to download from the MySurrey website.
#ProudToBeSurrey
#University
This looks positive. It is more important than ever to post your ballot paper. Big mandates give the union strength when in the negotiating room. *The last meeting date is the day after the re-ballots close*
@ucu
@ucusurrey
#ucustrikesback
To all
@UCUSurrey
members facing disastrous & fast-pace
@UniOfSurrey
measures:
1 We are doing all we can to make sure reps will be present at collective consultations
2 Get in touch if invited to ambiguous 1-2-1 meetings
3 👀
4
@UCU
will not stop here ✊
What an impressive turn-out. Over 250 attendees, Thank you to all for open discussion & for those that spoke and shared experiences. Some heated points, some upsetting content. We look fwd to working further together
@ucusurrey
@ucu
@SurreyLabourSoc
@ussupresident
@SurreyUnion
We continue to receive member concerns re the VS scheme
@UniofSurrey
.
@UCUSurrey
has not been consulted on the terms & the extremely tight window. We remain concerned that no Equality Impact Assessment has been conducted. We will be emailing members imminently.
@UCU
@DrJoGrady
A majority of voters in a Surrey University College Union survey supported holding a vote of no confidence in its vice chancellor, following proposed staff cuts.
Tap below to read more:
In a
@ucu
ballot, 97% of voters said they had no confidence in
@UniOfSurrey
's vice-chancellor Professor Max Lu
@uniofsurreyVC
, its provost Professor Tim Dunne and the executive board 👇
@UcuSurrey
The University of Surrey is facing a demand to withdraw a threat of job cuts after staff and students delivered an overwhelming vote of no confidence in its management team.
Tap below to read more:
@UcuSurrey
@ucu
‘If a member of our teaching team does not turn up to conduct a lecture, seminar or class, please nominate someone within the class to call your Academic Hive as soon as possible.’
‘Any lectures, seminars & classes that are cancelled […] will be rescheduled.’
Letter to VC from Campus Trade Unions: We request that you rule out compulsory redundancies...If this assurance cannot be provided... we will take action by facilitating an all-staff vote of no confidence.
@UcuSurrey
@ucu
@ussupresident
@unis_unison
Particularly, the amount of borrowing against income has been one of the highest in the country, and of approximately 150 universities that returned their accounts to HESA in 2022, Surrey was second only to Oxford Brookes. [3/7]
PGR members speaking out against the ‘offer’ to PGRs to cover lessons
@SurreyUCU
and
@SurreyPostgrads
call on the
@UniOfSurrey
to rescind its recent offer to PGRs to cover lessons on strike days and to improve its communications with PGRs in relation to these strikes.
🧶
@UniOfSurrey
VS scheme on the list 👇.
@UCUSurrey
is clear that the
@UCU
deep dive into the accounts show that
@UniOfSurrey
is not following sector norms but is a financial outlier due to its huge appetite for risk.
This sector needs appropriate governance & oversight.
@RestIsPolitics
@RoryStewartUK
@campbellclaret
Here’s the running list of all unis shutting down departments & laying off staff. Government & “the economy” need graduates. This destruction of a key (and one thriving) sector is going to be felt widely. Why do you think press & politicians remain silent?
What a week
@uniofsurrey
@UcuSurrey
@uniofsurreyVC
📸📽️👇
One week left to vote [17th May 12:00]
Our thoughts are with all our members this wkd experiencing extreme stress, presented with tight windows to accept 'voluntary' packages whilst 'at risk' of compulsory redundancy.
Interesting read for the few
@UCU
branches who have been threatened with 100% ASOS deductions
@UCUSurrey
@qm_ucu
'any deduction should be kept within strict limits that reflect the status of the right to strike as a human right'
@drjogrady
@uniofsurrey
Very honoured
@UCUSurrey
to have had a visit from the cutest
@Readingucu
Branch Sec in the land, streaming live to her own
@UCU
virtual picket. With broadcasts from
@ucuwales
too ✊
The All Member Bonus: We do not have £s to play with but we do want to reward our valued
@ucusurrey
members. We will be contacting you in the coming weeks with the smallest of gifts, but it represents a huge acknowledgement as to the challenges that staff have faced in 2019.
@uniofsurreyVC
says 'Learning and teaching activities largely continued smoothly' but we don’t see this.
@UniOfSurrey
is trying to support 'all staff' - how about pushing for
@UCEA1
to negotiate meaningfully for decent pay and conditions?
@UCU
@UcuSurrey
Dear
@AJRichardsonMP
, we would appreciate a response to our
@ucusurrey
open letter 22nd June.
@UCU
also has new research as to the impact of Universities on local economies.
Open Letter to Guildford MP co-signed by all campus unions. 'The sector needs a clear and coherent plan aimed at retaining capacity and maximising the positive impact that further and higher education can make'.
@ucusurrey
@SurreyUnion
@unis_unison
@ucu
A reminder to
@UCUSurrey
members undergoing immense & devastating pressure
@UniOfSurrey
that
@UCU
members can access:
- free, expert financial advice:
- free, independent support for workplace stress:
- local rep support ✊