The Committee is formed of members with a variety of responsibilities and interests. If you would like to make a general enquiry or learn more about getting more involved, please email the Administrator.
Please see below for the names of those on the committee, their role and how to contact them. After the chair, members are listed alphabetically by role.
Please note this page is currently under construction.
Chair: chair@warwickucu.org.uk
The Chair of Warwick UCU is responsible for chairing all general meetings and all committee meetings of the Branch. They are also responsible for performing other duties decided by the Committee. They can take action on behalf of the Committee if needed, and report as are laid upon the Chair by UCU Rules or are decided by the committee. The Chair attends University-level meetings on behalf of UCU to represent members.
Branch Secretary:
The duties of the Secretary are to call general and committee meetings of the Branch; to ensure that minutes of those meetings are kept; to organise membership circulations as the committee deems necessary; to arrange notification of local election and ballot results to all members; and to perform such other duties as are laid on the Secretary by any rule or are decided by the committee.
Assistant Secretary (Anti-Casualisation): anti-casualisation@warwickucu.org.uk
The Assistant Secretary (Anti-casualisation) role has knowledge of and commitment to issues related to casualised staff at Warwick, and acts as a point of contact within the committee for non-casework issues regarding casualisation. This role involves attendance at regional and national meetings where casualisation is discussed when they can attend, and is held by someone who has experienced casualised roles within the university sector.
Assistant Secretary (Communications): communications@warwickucu.org.uk
The Assistant Secretary for Communications is in charge of the Communications sub-committee, and is responsible for all member emails, and Warwick UCU’s social media presence.
Assistant Secretary (Department Contacts):
This role involves the recruitment, maintenance, and communications with Department Contacts. See here for a current list of these.
Assistant Secretary (Disabilities): disabilities@warwickucu.org.uk
The Assistant Secretary (Disabilities) acts as a point of contact within the committee for non-casework issues regarding disability.
Assistant Secretary (Equalities): equality-diversity@warwickucu.org.uk
The Assistant Secretary (Equalities) has knowledge of and commitment to relevant issues, and has responsibility for monitoring the implementation of equality policies within the institution, and, where appropriate, encouraging and supporting local negotiations on equality matters. They liaise with the Assistant Secretary (Casework) where cases involve equality issues to ensure that the Branch has appropriate mechanisms in place for handling such cases. They provide information, encouragement and support to members about equality issues. Finally, they ensure that UCU’s national annual meetings, and any other relevant events and opportunities for women, black members, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members are publicised locally, that members from all groups are encouraged to participate, and that the Branch maximises the opportunities for recruitment and organisation amongst all groups.
Assistant Secretary (Health & Safety): Andrew Marsh
The Assistant Secretary (Health and Safety) acts as a point of contact within the committee for non-casework issues regarding to all forms of Health & Safety, including mental and physical health. They are encouraged to sit on the Universities Health and Safety committee to represent UCU members.
Andrew Marsh works in the Department of Chemistry and joined the UCU Branch Committee as Health and Safety Representative in 2023. He has been a Department Representative for about 10 years and has also acted as a Caseworker helping to resolve disputes between UCU members and University management. He lives locally, cycle commutes and helps organise Warwick’s Bicycle User Group (staff and student members who cycle to work always welcome!). He represents UCU members on the University Health and Safety Committee as well as Chemistry’s local Health and Safety Committee. Please get in touch with him with any workplace health, safety and wellbeing concerns you might have.
Assistant Secretary (Membership): membership@warwickucu.org.uk
The Assistant Secretary (Membership) is responsible for managing any membership records that are necessary at local level. They provide membership information promptly to UCU in accordance with instructions from UCU Head Office or Regional Office to enable statutory and rule requirements of membership records to be met. The Membership Officer works with the Branch Administrator, Assistant Secretary (Recruitment), and other Committee officers in developing and implementing recruitment activities.
Becks Andrew works in Professional Services as an Executive Officer at the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine and has been at the university on and off for about 15 years. She has worked in a variety of departments over this time as both a temporary and permanent member of staff. She completed her English Literature PhD at the University of Birmingham in 2021.
The Membership Secretary is responsible for working in conjunction with union members, departmental representatives and the committee to ensure that we attract new members, retain existing members, and assist in creating a sense of community.
Assistant Secretary (Pensions)
The Assistant Secretary (Pensions) has knowledge of and commitment to issues related to pensions and where appropriate provides liaison between the branch and UCU on the subject of pensions.
Assistant Secretaries (PGR):
The Assistant Secretary (PGR) has a knowledge of and a commitment to situations relating to PGRs, whether this be funding, rights or employment related. They coordinate PGR branch activities, promote UCU membership amongst PGRs, and be the point of contact within the committee for non casework issues regarding PGRs. They represent PGR rights with regards to casualisation and precarity, as well as keeping the Committee informed on the situations of international PGRs and UCU’s national ‘PGRs as Staff’ campaign. The role will ideally be filled by one ‘Home’ status and one ‘International’ or ‘visa-holder’ status PGR.
Assistant Secretary (Professional Services)
The Assistant Secretary (Professional Services) is responsible for providing a voice to Professional Services members and the issues that affect these members specifically or primarily.
Assistant Secretary (Casework): casework-coordinator@warwickucu.org.uk
The Assistant Secretary (Casework) coordinates the branch response to cases arising from contact with members. They work with the branch administrator to record cases, identify and support branch caseworkers, and liaise with Regional and National UCU offices as required.
Migrant Staff Representative: Marina Veličković
The Migrant Staff Representative is responsible for raising awareness of the situation of migrant members and monitoring the situation of migrant members, proposing campaigns and acts as a point of contact for related casework
Marina Veličković is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Law School. Having spent considerable time and money throughout her life applying for visas, she initially got interested in migrant staff rights when she joined the Cambridge UCU branch as a PhD student. One of the things she is working on at Warwick is advocating that the University starts reimbursing ILR (and second visa) applications for staff. If you’d like to join her on this mission, please get in touch with the Administrator to join our Migrant Staff Working Group.
Treasurer: treasurer@warwickucu.org.uk
The Treasurer has custody of the funds of the Branch and authority to make payments from them in accordance with the rules as the need arises. The Treasurer’s duties are to keep the books of the Branch; to present the accounts of the Branch for auditing as necessary; to present these audited accounts to a general meeting of the Branch, to publish them to all members of the Branch, and to submit a copy forthwith to the honorary treasurer of UCU.