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Advice for Students: Strike‑Action Compensation at the University of Leicester

UoL’s guidelines: Leicester’s Industrial Action Formal Complaints page confirms that the University will proactively identify students who experienced disruption (“cancelled teaching … not rescheduled … or where learning outcomes are not delivered in other ways, or delayed assessment feedback”) and offer compensation via email. https://le.ac.uk/about/info/contact/student-complaints/industrial-action-formal-complaints Compensation is calculated using a standard formula based on missed…

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No Confidence in this Leadership: Stop Leicester University’s Job Cuts

The University of Leicester has begun its redundancy programme. We can now reveal the extent of “phase one” of their plans. Film Studies is to be closed down and the staff sacked. Modern Languages is to be closed down and the staff sacked. History will lose however many staff it takes to save £500,000 a…

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National Demonstration: 12 November 2025

A national UCU demonstration will take place in Leicester on Wednesday 12 November.  This will raise the profile of our action greatly, as many UCU members from HE institutions around the country will come to join us.  We will assemble between 11.00am and 12.00pm at De Montfort Square on New Walk, before marching to Victoria…

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Reporting Industrial Action

You do not need to report industrial action—whether strike action or “action short of a strike” (ASOS)—before taking it. After the action has happened, your manager can reasonably request to know if you have taken action. For instance, after our first block of strike action (consisting of 15 days across three weeks), you could be…

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Dispute Escalation: Deductions for Action Short of a Strike

Members of our branch are to begin three weeks of strike action from 29th September, which will seriously disrupt the operations of the University of Leicester. The strikes have been called to stop compulsory redundancies as the university seeks £11m in cuts to its staffing budget. In addition to striking, members of UCU will also,…

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