Vice-chancellors’ emails sent in relation to #UCUStrikesBack
A collection of emails sent by vice-chancellors (and/or other members of university senior management teams) in relation to the UCU strike of November and December 2019 (#UCUstrikesback)
Compiled by the USSbriefs Team*
* This is a living document. If you know of other senior management team emails/FAQ pages relating to the 2019 strike, or spot any errors, please contact us at USSbriefs@gmail.com. Please note that an entry without a hyperlink means that we have received that document, but not yet de-identified and uploaded it.
Last updated: Thursday 12 December 2019, 01:00 GMT
Bangor University
08 Oct: Director of HR
19 Nov: To Students
20 and 22 Nov: HR to Staff
11 Dec: Director of HR to Staff re: strike deductions
Bath, University of
11 Nov: VC to Staff
21 Nov: VC to Students
22 Nov: VC to Staff
09 Dec: Strike deductions
Birmingham, University of
15 Nov: Provost & VP to Staff
21 Nov: VC to Staff [on Dubai campus]
22 Nov: Provost & VP to Staff
22 Nov: PVC to Students
Bournemouth University
13 Nov: Chief Operating Officer to Staff
Nov: Policy on Withholding Pay
22 Nov: Chief Operating Officer regarding strike deductions
25 Nov: Webpage for students
29 Nov: VC Open Letter
Bradford, University of
Bristol, University of
21 Nov: VC to Staff
21 Nov: VC video
Cambridge, University of
25 Nov: VC to Staff
29 Nov: Pay deductions
Cardiff, University of
VC to Students
22 Nov: VC to Students
City, University of London
06 Nov: VC
14 Nov: President to Students
15 Nov: Director of Human Resources
21 Nov: President to Staff
21 Nov: Dean to Students
21 Nov: Deputy Dean
Courtauld Institute of Art
22 Nov: Interim HR Director to Staff
Dundee, University of
21 Nov: Director of HR to Staff
Durham University
15 Oct: VC, Chief Financial Officer and Director of HR to Staff
06 Nov: VC to Staff
06 Nov: VC to Students
21 Nov: VC to Staff
Strike action FAQ (includes information on pay deduction)
East Anglia, University of
11 Nov: Director of People & Culture to Staff
20 Nov: VC, includes FAQ for students
Edge Hill University
19 Nov and 2 Dec: From VC and HR Director to Staff
Edinburgh, University of
06 Nov: Director of HR to Staff
21 Nov: Director of HR to Staff
22 Nov: VC to Staff
Essex, University of
15 Nov: Director of HR to Staff
21 Nov: Director of HR to Staff re: strike deductions
Exeter, University of
06 Nov: VC to Staff
19 Nov: HR to Staff
Glasgow, University of
05 Nov: ‘Outcome of Industrial Ballots’ on MyGlasgow News
06 Nov: COO to Students
12 Nov: Director of HR to Staff
22 Nov: Industrial action update with UCU-University joint statement
Glasgow Caledonian University
22 Nov: HR regarding strike deductions
Goldsmiths, University of London
15 Nov: Warden to Staff
22 Nov: Immigration Advisory Service to Students
Dec: Strike deduction
Heriot-Watt University
07 Nov: Principal to Staff
19 Nov: Human Resources
22 Nov: VP/Deputy VC to Staff
09 Dec: HR to Staff
Institute of Development Studies
15 Nov: To Staff & Students
15 Nov: Strike Q&A
Kent, University of
01 Nov: To Staff
13 Nov: VC Monthly Update
18 Nov: To Staff
18 Nov: To Students
King’s College London
Lancaster University
Leeds, University of
18 Nov: HR Director email to Staff
18 Nov: HR Director to Staff
18 Nov: DVC to Staff
Leicester, University of
13 Nov: Director of HR
22 Nov: VC to Staff
08 Dec: VC to Staff
Liverpool, University of
22 Nov: Interim Director of HR to Staff
22 Nov: PVC to Students
Liverpool Hope University
18 Nov: Deputy VC to Staff
Industrial action FAQ for students
Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts
Loughborough University
13 Nov: VC to Staff
05 Dec: VC to Staff
09 Dec: Loughborough UCU to members
Manchester, University of
06 Nov: Director of HR
21 Nov: Director of HR on Intranet
Nov: Dean of Humanities to Staff
Newcastle University
04 Nov: VC to Staff
15 Nov: To Students
20 Nov: VC to Staff
21 Nov: Acting Academic Registrar to Students
25 Nov: Acting Academic Registrar to Students
06 Dec: VC to Staff
Nottingham, University of
15 Nov: Director of HR to Staff
Oxford, University of
13 Nov: PVC to Staff
13 Nov: PVC to Students
22 Nov: Registar to all departmental heads and administrators
22 Nov: Faculty Head
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
18 Nov: Acting Director HR to Staff
22 Nov: Deputy Principal to Students
Queen Mary, University of London
01 Nov: Principal to Staff
08 Nov: Principal to Staff
11 Nov: Principal to Students
15 Nov: Principal to Staff
20 Nov: Interim Director of HR to Staff
Queen’s University Belfast
Reading, University of
06: VC to Staff
14 Nov: HR Director to Staff
Royal Holloway, University of London
08 Nov: Principal to Staff
08 Nov: Principal to Students
18 Nov: Interim Director of HR to Staff
29 Nov: Principal to Staff
Sheffield, University of
06 Nov: President & VC to Staff
19 Nov: President & VC to Staff
21 Nov: Deputy Director of HR to Staff
‘The latest information about the industrial action’ page, includes VC Koen Lamberts’ letters to UCEA and UUK dated 26 Nov 2019
Sheffield Hallam University
Southampton, University of
18 Nov: VC to Staff
FAQs for Staff [last updated 21 Nov]
21 Nov: VC to Staff
29 Nov (?): Pay deductions
03 Dec: Southampton UCU and Director of HR re: strike deductions
Nov: ASOS guidance
Dec: FAQ excerpt on ASOS
St Andrews, University of
Stirling, University of
13 Nov: Principal & VC
20 Nov or prior: Director of HR to Staff
Strathclyde, University of
08 Nov: Principal & VC to Staff
08 Nov: Principal & VC to Students
04 Dec: Principal & VC to Staff
Sussex, University of
05 Nov: To Staff
05 Nov: To Students
15–19 Nov: Heads of Schools to Students
21 Nov: VC to Staff
21 Nov: PVC to Students
21 Nov: PVC to Staff
HR Guidance [as of 22 Nov]
22 Nov: HR to Staff
29 Nov: ‘This is Sussex’ update
University College London
13 Nov: Director of HR to Staff
Warwick, University of
12 Nov: VC blog
19 Nov: University News
York, University of
01 Nov: VC to Staff
01 Nov: VC to Students
15 Nov: VC to Students
20 Nov: HR to Staff
22 Nov: VC to Staff
29 Nov: HR to Staff
05 Dec: Message from the VC and the Joint Presidents of the York UCU
09 Dec: HR to Staff
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