Increase in membership

Our membership in Aberystwyth is at its highest level ever.  This is mainly due to the hard work local UCU staff and officers in recruiting new members.    UCU is recognised as the voice of professional staff throughout higher education. It is taking action at national level to improve the pay and conditions of all staff eligible for membership, and to be as effective as possible it needs your support.  In Aberystwyth, the UCU Local Association represents the interests of professional staff to AU management, and negotiates on behalf of all UCU-eligible staff over terms and conditions. Again, your support puts us in a stronger position.  UCU provides help and advice to members when they encounter difficulties in employment, but just as you would for insurance or a breakdown contract, you need to be a member beforehand to benefit from such help.   

You can help on a local level by joining the executive committee.

AGM

Our Annual General Meeting will be on Wednesday 27 June @12:30 in D5 Hugh Owen.  Please come along. Agenda and nomination papers to follow.  If you would like to be part of the local association (meet with members, attend workplace meetings, advise on policy) please let Dr Joe Ironside know (jei@aber.ac.uk).  Being part of the local association can be as much or as little as you feel you can manage.  During these uncertain times, the more assistance we have, the better position we will be in. 

Meeting with Management

Following concerns from our members, we shall be meeting with Management soon to discuss several urgent matters:

a.      Management of Change  

b.      Departmental ‘realignments’ 

c.      Concerns regarding the HERA process

e.      AU travel and subsistence rates.

f.       Academic staff and changes to contracts of employment

We shall keep members updated. 

Join the Union

Campus Unions are working together for the benefit of the university and its staff.    Unions can only represent their members; so please join if you haven't already done so.
http://www.ucu.org.uk/join
http://www.unitetheunion.org/my_unite__join_online/join_online.aspx
http://www.unison.org.uk/membership/

Collection of Exam Scripts

Following discussions with our UCU H&S officer, the Superintendent of Examinations and the Post Room have kindly agreed to collect all scripts from the exam venues and deliver them to departments.  This will ensure that the scripts are kept secure and that staff members will no longer be required to carry heavy boxes from the venues back to the department. We would like to express our sincere thanks to Ms Collin and the post room staff for their assistance. 

20% cut in uni places

"Aberystwyth is set to lose 20.6 per cent of its student places" - Times Higher http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=419598#.T4RKqmuMaxk.twitter

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