University of East Anglia UCU

We have a branch meeting on Wednesday 28th June 2023 from 15:30 – 17:00 on Teams. Please attend if you can. The link for the meeting was in the branch email of 26th June, but do contact us if you don’t have it!

You can always email us at Ucu.Office@uea.ac.uk.

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Wednesday 7th June 2023 from 13:00 – 15:00 on Teams and in LT3. Please attend if you can.

The agenda for the AGM remains as circulated:

1. Results of Branch elections (including the opportunity to co-opt to vacant posts)
2. Treasurers report
3. Proposal to change local subscription rates
4. Updates from Congress
5. Discussion of local industrial action

The link for the meeting was most recently in the branch email of 6th June 2023, but do contact us if you don’t have it!

You can always email us at Ucu.Office@uea.ac.uk. Our Twitter handle is @UEA_UCU.

The UEA UCU branch is now seeking nominations for Committee officer positions. We strongly encourage all members to consider running for a Committee position. If you would consider running but have no idea what the various roles entail or would like to know a bit more before formally nominating yourself, please get in touch with the branch office ucu.office@uea.ac.uk and we can put you in touch with a current role-holder to answer any questions you may have. Buy-out for committee work (such as working group or committee attendance) is available on a sliding scale depending the position and any additional responsibilities  you take on. This ranges from roughly 0.1 FTE to 0.3 FTE.

 Nominations are invited for:

• Chair/President
• Vice-Chair/Vice-President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Membership/Recruitment Secretary
• Equality Officer
• Anti-Casualisation Officer
• Black, Ethnic and Racialised Minorities  Officer
• Health and Safety Officer

and 7 Ordinary Committee Members

Role descriptions and branch policies are outlined in the Branch Rules and Procedures document.

Submit your nomination in an email with the subject line ‘nominations’ to ucu.office@uea.ac.uk, in accordance with the following requirements:

• The deadline for submission is 12 noon, Wednesday 10^th May 2023.
• State which role you are standing for.
• Include your preferred email details.
• Nominations must include the support of 2 other UCU members at UEA. Include in your email the names and email contact details of the 2 members supporting you. You should ask those 2 supporters to email confirmation of their support for your nomination by emailing ucu.office@uea.ac.uk.