About the 2018 UCU strike
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  • Update: 16 March 2018!
  • The strike: a quick introduction
  • The parties: who is in dispute
  • Get involved: ways to take action
  • Staying up to date
  • Arguments against the strike
  • USS Valuation
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Resources

Since the start of the strike some excellent resources have been created which offer summaries of the issues and resources
  • USS briefs
  • Higher Education strike archive
  • Wikipedia: 2018 UK higher education strike
  • James Sumner's update leaflet
  • University & College Union (UCU) FAQ
  • Andrew Chitty: USS materials
  • Karen Gregory: UCU Strike readings

Actions

  • Petition: Make Universities UK subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
  • Crowdfund: Legal investigation into mismanagement by the Board of Trustees of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)
  • Academic Boycott: Some Universities seek to punish those taking strike action - Boycott them
  • Postgraduates can join the Union for free

  • Petition: USS must show its workings

  • Petition: Make Universities UK subject to the Freedom of Information Act

  • Petition: Pension reform is an equality issue

  • Petition: Government should accept a role as guarantor to the USS pension scheme

  • Petition: Extensions to research funding applications to take account of strike

  • Crowdfunder: Legal investigation into mismanagement by the Board of Trustees of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)

  • Boycott: Some Universities seek to punish those taking strike action - Boycott them

    • external examiners who have resigned from these institutions - record your resignation here
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