Thoughts of a junior hurler on UCU’s National Executive Committee

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Jun 10, 2020

Proposals for UCU accountability and transparency

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May 19, 2020

NEC, 13 March 2020

This would have been my first NEC, but I had booked annual leave several months previously and I was 2,500km from Carlow Street (where UCU offices are), so I had to send apologies. Given the recent end of the 14 days of strike action and the just-breaking coronavirus situation, there was also…

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May 3, 2020

NEC election results

The March 2020 election results are here. I was elected to national executive committee (NEC) as Midlands higher education representative, ahead of Teresa Forde and Alan Barker. It’s a casual vacancy, so I take up the seat immediately; the term runs until spring 2021. Since I work in a…

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Jun 26, 2020

On the levy…

Lots of UCU members shocked by the email that ticked into their inboxes this morning: £10 levy this month & £5 next month to top up…

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May 23, 2020

NEC, 1 May 2020

A meeting overshadowed by a motion not debated. In the papers for this meeting — received the preceding Friday — one motion stood…

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May 3, 2020

Statement on academic freedom and trans inclusion

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May 3, 2020

About me

Between 2005 and 2021 I sold my labour-power to the University of Leicester, where I was an associate professor of finance and political…

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Jun 21, 2020

NEC, 19 June 2020

A 3-hour meeting. One report by the general secretary — an important part of NEC’s business, which is recorded and should soon…

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May 27, 2020

I still have no words for what UCU Left attempted here…

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Jan 23, 2022

National Executive Committee — election address

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David Harvie

Sacked by University of Leicester. Former Communications Officer & Vice-Chair of Leicester UCU. Former member of UCU’s NEC. Now selling labour-power by the hour to Leeds University & standing for election to NEC again. Member of UCU Commons. Part of Aftermathematics collective.

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