Meetings

Docklands – EB.G.06 1.15-2.30.  Light lunch will be provided.

 After from the normal AGM business we will discuss the key issues of workload allocation and the student experience in light of recent poor league table results for UEL.  These are worrying times for UEL and academic staff must act now to stop the decline we are seeing.  We need a clear strategy for the branch and solutions to put to management.   We need to demand answers and actions before it is too late. 

 Please attend to discuss.

 Regards

Jacqui

UCU Branch Secretary

Wednesday 13^th March 2013 1.00- 2.30 Room EB.G.06

Please  come to the Branch Meeting this Wednesday?

A major item on the agenda will be discussions regarding the outcome of negotiations with management and their proposed new workload model.  Documents relating to this are attached for your consideration.

A consultative ballot is being arranged for members to indicate their acceptance/rejection of the proposed scheme. Details will be announced shortly. (more…)

•  Wednesday 20th February (Docklands Room EB.G.06 1.30-2.30)
• Tuesday 26th February (Stratford Room RB.1.03 1-2pm).

One positive thing from the recent Staff Survey was the, on the whole, continued support for the Staff Development Review (SDR) process at UEL. The Survey also highlights the good working relationships between colleagues.   Leaving aside the continued absence of any response from management to the serious issues raised by staff in this survey it is perverse then that management have decided to introduce a Performance Management Scheme that will be divisive and judge staff collectively when there is not a level playing field at UEL. (more…)

UCU General Meeting Wednesday 1st May –  Docklands EBG.06  –  1-3pm

The next Joint Union Meeting  (to discuss Performance Management Scheme) will be at:

• Wednesday 20th February – Docklands EBG.06 –   1.30-2.30pm
• Tuesday 26th February – Stratford RB1.03 –   1-2pm

The next UCU Branch Meetings will be at 1pm on:

• Wednesday 13th March  – Docklands EBG.06 –   1-2.30pm
• Wednesday 17th April – Stratford RB.1.03   – 1-2.30pm
• Wednesday 24th April – Docklands-  1.2.30 pm
• Wednesday 1st May -Docklands-  1-3pm

The next UCU Branch Committee meetings will be at 1.30pm on:

• Wednesday 6th March – Docklands EB1.39     – 12.30-2.30
• Wednesday 8th May – Docklands  WB.2.09     – 1.-2.30pm  

The date of the next meeting of the Academic Special Interest Group (ASIG) (UCU and Managment commitee) has still to be confirmed.

Docklands Campus:  Wednesday 5^th December 12-1pm Room EB.1.41; 

Stratford Campus:  Monday 10^th December 12-1pm Room RB.2.23

Cass School of Education and Communities 1-2pm in Room RB.2.23

School of Health, Biosciences 2-3pm also in Room RB.2.23 (more…)

Dear Colleagues,

Apologies for the delay in updating you about the dispute and the all-important workload allocation talks. It was hoped that these “intensive” talks would have, by now, produced “final” versions of the documents for consideration by the members. Management have proposed separating the existing documents into three: Policy, Guidelines and an Excel Spreadsheet to act as a record of an individual’s workload. These have not yet been finalised. A full briefing and update will be given at the branch meetings : Docklands Campus:  Wednesday 5^th December 12-1pm Room EB.1.41; Stratford Campus:  Monday 10^th December 12-1pm Room RB.2.23 (more…)

UCU Members should be assured that we will continue talking to management and remain hopeful that negotiations will reach a satisfactory resolution and that industrial action can be avoided. We will keep you informed of any further progress and will report to members at a branch meeting on Tuesday 22 May 2012, 1.30 to 2.30. For the convenience of the majority of members and with the aim of maximising attendance, this meeting will be held at Docklands campus Room EB G14 (more…)

At our last branch meeting it was unanimously agreed that we would adopt the  UEL-UCU Branch Communications Protocol as Appendix 2 of our Local Rules.  Under UCU National Rules members of Senior Management Grades are able to join UCU.  This can bring them into a conflict of interest with the membership at times especially in relation to industrial action. For example, at a one meeting four senior staff, who are also members of UCU, were representing Management.  This protocol sets out the types of communication that will go to the whole membership and when communication will be withheld from senior staff.  It also sets out when senior staff should absent themselves from Branch meetings.

The next Branch meeting will be one of the most important meetings in the history of the Branch and we ask ALL members to attend as we will be opening the ballot for Industrial Action next week at UEL over local issues. Agenda items will include:  Industrial Action – including discussion of working conditions and workload allocation. Breaking of negotiated agreements –  Hourly Paid Lecturers Agreement, Professorial Pay Review Scheme, Appeal process; Electronic feedback of coursework and Assessment and Feedback Policy in general (see below);  Student Experience at UEL Symposium – change of date and time. AOB.

Jacqui

UCU Branch Secretary

WEDNESDAY 14TH MARCH 1.15-2.30. DOCKLANDS EB.G.18.

YOUR VIEWS are VERY IMPORTANT so please attend if you can.

UCU Regional Official Greg Barnett in attendance to welcome one Branch and to give advice on key issues of dispute with UEL management.

 Please Attend the AGM. Full details and agenda in the text below:  (more…)

We have a serious crisis at UEL for academic staff over two issues which have come to a head in the last couple of weeks: workload allocation and the Field Leader role. More discussion about each of these issues further down this post.  Please do not respond to any request to move to Portfolio Model until this meeting has been held.

We are therefore reminding all members of our Branch Meeting on TUESDAY 22^th November in room  between 1-2.30pm in room EB.G.10. PLEASE ATTEND.  On the table will be the resolution below.  UCU officers will explain why this has to be our next step and the resolve we need to demonstrate to management that we have had enough. The position we face is the most serious at UEL since the attempt in 1998 to impose mass redundancies (which, together with the students, we saw off) and we need to hear your views.

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The next Docklands branch meeting will be on Tuesday 22nd November 1-2.30pm. Room EBG.10. This meeting is on a tuesday rather than on a wednesday as there is already a joint union meeting scheduled for the afternoon of wednesday 23rd and the national strike is scheduled for the wednesday 30th November.

The next Docklands branch committee meeting will be on the Wednesday 23rd November at 9.30-11.30 am. Room tba