Published: 9th June, 2017
This time last year, the University of Leicester’s ‘Leadership Team’ was forecasting a financial deficit for 2016/17 of £12.2 million. This predicted ‘black hole’ was used as a pretext to inflict 150 or more compulsory redundancies on staff. University of Leicester UCU’s analysis (see Trying to Achieve Excellence by Aiming for the Average) debunked the…
Published: 9th June, 2017
Academic freedom is under attack – in Turkey, in Hungary and elsewhere. The University of Leicester’s president and vice-chancellor, in a recent article for Times Higher (How should universities respond when academic freedom is under threat? (13 May), quotes with approval European University Association president Rolf Tarrach: ‘university autonomy and academic freedom are crucial for…
Published: 2nd February, 2017
Letter sent to President and Vice-Chancellor Paul Boyle on 2 February 2017. No reply of substance was received. Dear Professor Boyle We are alarmed by the news currently emanating from the United States and we are sure you are too. In particular we note President Trump’s recent executive order to prevent anyone from one of…
Published: 15th December, 2016
15 December 2016 Dear Colleague It’s been quite a year at the University of Leicester! We’ve no doubt all been transformed by the experience – though whether institutionally so is another question. For some of our colleagues – notably those at the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning the months of uncertainty and anxiety have not…
Published: 11th November, 2016
Poster and double-sided leaflet explaining what’s wrong with Lecture Capture and Leicester UCU’s opposition to the ULT’s policy.
Published: 14th October, 2016
A briefing on the campaign against compulsory redundancies
Published: 15th September, 2016
A briefing on the cost of ‘institutional transformation’
Published: 15th July, 2016
Leaflet handed out to graduating School of Management students, July 2016.