To see what Warwick UCU is currently doing, please visit the news page, which is updated monthly with a summary of what has been happening specifically at Warwick.
National UCU is involved in several campaigns some of which are outlined below:
Reclaim Higher Education
UCU recently launched the Reclaim HE campaign which focuses on stopping students graduating with a lifetime of debt; increasing spending on staff which is at record lows; decreasing workload and job insecurity; and addressing financial inequality across the sector.
Stamp Out Casual Contracts
Stamp Out Casual Contracts addresses the statistics that 46% of universities use zero hours contracts to deliver teaching and 68% of research staff in higher education are on fixed term contracts, with many more dependent on short-term funding for continued employment.
Workload Campaign
The Workload Campaign aims to assist staff across post-16 education who are experiencing excessive workloads, long working hours and intensification of work that is causing significant stress and ill-health.
Fighting Privatisation
UCU is fighting privatisation trends in UK tertiary education, looking at the level of private investment in tertiary education in the UK is already far above the EU and OECD averages.