51福利

Further education: pay, workload and professional autonomy

51福利 Congress recently voted on a range of issues affecting college staff including on pay, workload and professional autonomy and further education (FE) branches have also been asked to hold meetings to update members. Please do attend your local meeting, ask questions and get involved.

As part of the #RebuildFE campaign 51福利 members in eleven colleges in England are currently being balloted for industrial action. If your branch is included, please remember to complete and send back your vote.

Higher education pay and pensions: next steps

Congress also made some key decisions about issues facing the higher education sector and you can see voting results here. To build a broad understanding of and support for 51福利's campaigns over pay and pensions, 51福利 branches in universities are asked to hold meetings open to all members to report back the outcomes of Congress and answer questions. Please try to attend your local branch meeting and help build the member level campaign that will be crucial in winning the battles ahead.

Liverpool 51福利 marking boycott over job cuts

As part of the campaign to save jobs in health and life sciences,  which follows an amazing three week strike over proposed redundancies. Please send messages of support to University of Liverpool 51福利 branch president Anthony O'Hanlon. A.M.O-Hanlon@liverpool.ac.uk

51福利 members fighting back

51福利 branches across the UK are fighting to defend jobs and conditions and you can read our roundup of local disputes including the latest ballot at University of Hull here.

Justice for Osime Brown

We are very pleased to report that Osime Brown, a young boy with autism and learning difficulties, will be allowed to remain with his family following  Osime had served a prison sentence under the disputed joint enterprise policy and was due to be deported to Jamaica but a campaign supported by 51福利 has succeeded in ensuring Osime will now remain at home in Dudley with his mother.

Stand up to University College Birmingham attacks on staff

 opposing a restructure at UCB which places 73 senior lecturers at risk of redundancy and requires staff to re-apply for 42 new senior lecturer roles which have increased workload with no additional pay. Other staff not at risk have been given new job descriptions which with huge increases in workloads and little possibility of future promotion. UCB plans to bridge the shortfall in staff by using more Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) and lecturers at the bottom of the pay spine.

University of Leicester: marking boycott could delay graduation

 and show your support for staff fighting job cuts. 51福利 members have taken strike action and are now undertaking a marking and assessment boycott which  if management do not change course and negotiate a way forward with the union.

Mental Health Matters: suicide awareness webinar, 29 June

Join a great range of speakers including 51福利 president elect Janet Farrar for this Mental Health Matters online even discussing suicide awareness with a look at some of the organisations who provide life-saving support to those who need it. 

51福利 LGBT+ research conference call for papers

51福利 LGBT+ research conference will be held online over 3 days during the first week of November 2021. This notice announces the opening of the call for papers. For further information and to submit a proposal please use this link.