Published: 8th December, 2025
96.2% vote that they have no confidence amid mass sackings Members of the Leicester University community have voted overwhelmingly that they have “No Confidence” in the Vice Chancellor, Nishan Canagarajah. The vote, organised by Leicester University and College Union (UCU), came in the context of mass job-cuts and departmental closures at the university. Over 160…
Published: 25th November, 2025
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…
Published: 11th November, 2025
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…
Published: 6th 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…
Published: 6th October, 2025
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…
Published: 25th September, 2025
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,…
Published: 19th September, 2025
What is the dispute about? When are you Striking? Monday 10 November – Friday 21 November How can I help? Donate to the branch fighting fund Use the below template for your organisation to introduce a motion to enact a donation: Donation to Leicester UCU Fighting Fund This union branch notes: • That Leicester UCU…
Published: 18th September, 2025
Leicester UCU Members will be on strike Monday 10 November – Friday 21 November. Here is some key information about the strike action and how you can get involved. How can I help? Email the following template to the Vice Chancellor (vc@le.ac.uk) to put pressure on him to resolve the dispute. Subject: Urgent Call for…
Published: 3rd September, 2025
Leicester UCU (LUCU) are deeply concerned by the proposed redundancy of the University’s glassblower, Gayle Price, and the planned closure of the glassblowing workshop – a facility that has served the University of Leicester since 1961. This decision has been taken without meaningful consultation, disregarding the voices of over 80 Chemistry colleagues who attended a…
Published: 2nd September, 2025
Leicester University executive has announced a first compulsory redundancy programme for the new academic year—targeting a group of academic-related professional services staff in the Division of Biomedical Services (DBS). Staff from the DBS were invited to a first collective consultation meeting on 18 August. This begins a 90-day consultation period for those staff placed at risk of…
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