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David Harvie for UCU’s NEC (Midlands HE rep) —  Election Statement

David Harvie for UCU’s NEC (Midlands HE rep) —  Election Statement

Climate catastrophe and mass extinction; growing inequality; automation, nationalism and xenophobia on the rise; ageing populations and a…
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Statement on academic freedom and trans inclusion

Statement on academic freedom and trans inclusion

I’m proud to have helped draft this statement on trans inclusion and academic freedom —without the former, the latter isn’t possible —…
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Updates from NEC/HEC
National Executive Committee — election address

National Executive Committee — election address

I’m standing for election to become a member of UCU’s national election committee. I’m standing for two positions: UK-wide higher…
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On the levy…

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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NEC, 19 June 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 be…
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Proposals for UCU accountability and transparency

Proposals for UCU accountability and transparency

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

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

Yesterday more than a hundred UCU activists spent several hours in two branch delegates’ meetings, sharing branch members’ views on how to…
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NEC, 1 May 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 out. It…
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HEC, 24 April 2020

My first meeting, held online, of course, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was supposed to begin at 1.30, but despite Paul…
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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…
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NEC election results

The March 2020 election results are here.
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