Annual congress & special conference

UCU's supreme policy-making body of the union is its annual congress. Congress includes separate annual meetings of UCU's further and higher education sector conferences, where policy particular to these areas is decided.

NEXT MEETING:
UCU Congress 2013

LATEST MEETINGS:
HE conference - 2013 national claim: February 2013

PREVIOUS:
Conference archive

In addition, special sector conferences are sometimes called between the annual congress in order to pass policy on specific urgent matters.

Information from past conferences is retained on this site for information: Conference archive

Representation

Branch and local association representation at both the annual congress and any special sector conference is based on member numbers, with smaller branches forming an aggregation which has the right to send a delegate. The latest delegate entitlement list are available below:

• Conference and Congress delegate entitlements

Standing orders and rules

All conferences are governed by a set of standing orders and rules, which are available below:

•  Congress Standing Orders 2012-13 (.pdf) [124kb]
   Congress standing orders 2012-13 (.pdf) [124kb]
•  Annual Congress meeting, rules (.doc) [37kb]

UCU in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also have annual conferences in order to pass policy on specific national issues.