Timetable and order of business

Click on the title of a session to see results of debates on motions. All sessions were public unless otherwise stated.

Wednesday 28 May, Congress

09:30-10:00  Opening business, including:

• Address by President, Linda Newman  President's speech to Congress 2008 (.doc) [33kb]
• Adoption of the report of the Congress Business Committee
• Appointment of scrutineers/tellers
• Adoption of minutes of the previous meeting

10:00-10:45  Section 1: Business of the Equality Committee

10:45-11:15  Section 2: Business of the Recruitment, Organising and Campaigning Committee

11:15-11:45  Private session: Presentation and Q&A with Professor Jeremy Waddington, on the UCU membership survey  

11:45-12:30  Private session: Section 2 continued: Motions on the National Organising Plan (motions 11, 12)

12.30-14.00  Lunch (and fringe meetings)

14:00-14:15  Section 2 continued: Business of the Recruitment, Organising and Campaigning Committee

14:15-14:30  Address by Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary

14:30-17:15  Section 3: Business of the Strategy and Finance Committee (part 1, public session)

17:15-18:00  Section 4: Business of the Education Committee

Thursday 29 May: FE Sector Conference

FE conference speaker: Dr Ken Spours, Institute of Education - 'Towards a more unified and inclusive 14+ education and training system':
 Ken Spours, presentation to UCU FE sector conference (.pps) [249kb]

09:30-09:45  Opening business

09:45-10:30  FE report (including Q&A)

10:30-12:30  First session of the Further Education Sector Conference

12:30-14:00  Lunch (and fringe meetings)

14:00-18:00  Second session of the Further Education Sector Conference

Thursday 29 May: HE Sector Conference

09:30-09:45  Opening business

From 09:45  HE sector conference: Congress 2008

09:45-11:15  JNCHES and pay

11:15-12:00  Framework agreement

12:00-12:30  Research assessment and funding, ELQs

12:30-14:00  Lunch (and fringe meetings)

14:00-14:40  Equality issues

14:40-14:55  Workload

14:55-15:35  Redundancies, governance

15:35-16:15  Academic-related staff, fixed-term and hourly paid staff, health professions

16:15-16:30  Pensions

16:30-17:10  Local association and branch activities

17:10-18:00  Other campaign issues    

Friday 30 May, Congress

09:30-09:45  Address by Christine Blower, acting general secretary, National Union of Teachers    

09:45-10:45  Private session: Section 5: Business of the Strategy and Finance Committee (part 2, private session)

10:45-12:00  Private session: Section 6: Rule changes

12:00-12:30  Speaker : Bill Rammell, Minister of state, lifelong learning, further and higher education

12:30-14:00  Lunch (and fringe meetings)

14:00-14:30  Private session: Section 6 continued: Rule changes

14:30-15:15  Section 7: Business of the Education Committee (continued)

15:15-16:30  Section 8: Other (non-sectoral) employment-related business

16:30-17:00  Closing business including:

• Honorary memberships
• Election results
• Introduction of new president

17:00  Close of business