Your local University and College Union (UCU) branch at Queen Mary, University of London
The Covid payment petition has now been signed by 568 people. This includes 528 members of staff and further 40 students and members of the wider community. Through our collective … Continue reading The Covid payment petition has been signed by 528 QMUL members of staff
Yesterday, at a well attended branch meeting, QMUCU members unanimously passed a trio of motions demanding that university management offer more meaningful support to staff from all sectors of the … Continue reading QMUCU members demand more from management
Since March 2020, we have witnessed and experienced a substantial increase in childcare and other intensive caring duties at home. This has been accompanied by an increase of workload, leading … Continue reading Key findings from QMUL 2020 financial report – fact sheet
Nearly two years ago Queen Mary comissioned a report into racism and other equalities issues at Queen Mary. Last summer the ‘Inclusion Report’ with appendices containing testimonies from members of … Continue reading How to turn an Inclusion Report into an Exclusion Report
Over the last two weeks you will have received messages from the Principal about the university’s plans for the next academic semester. In those emails it has been claimed that … Continue reading Management ignoring government guidance on return to campus
In 2019 QM UCU, in partnership with QM UNISON, initiated a series of gatherings for protected characteristic groups of staff and students at Queen Mary, in response to concerns about … Continue reading Equalities Issues and Institutional Racism at Queen Mary
There was a great response to the Covid Attitudes Survey which closed last week. Over 360 members of staff completed the survey, which makes it the largest exercise in gauging … Continue reading Only 3 % of UCU members have full confidence in senior management’s response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Sign our petition here. As 2020 draws to a close, the news of a vaccination for the coronavirus offers hope to an end in sight for the pandemic in 2021. … Continue reading A COVID-19 Payment For All QMUL Staff!
Today, QMUCU is marking the Day of Action for Disability Equality in Education and this year the theme of the day is “Organising for Disabled Workers”. Covid-19 has brought new barriers … Continue reading Day of Action for Disability Equality in Education
