UCU Congress 2013

Brighton Centre - 29-31 May 2013

KEY ISSUES BULLETIN

 Download an overview of the key issues for Congress 13 here (.pdf) [137kb]

UCU's Annual Congress 2013 will be held at Brighton Centre from Wednesday 29 - Friday 31 May 2013

This will include meetings of the Higher Education and Further Education Sector Conferences. Sector conference meetings will take place on Wednesday 29 May.

Congress 13 live

• Timetable
• Fringe & social events
• Key documents
• Contacts

TIMETABLE

HE Sector Conference

Wednesday 29 May 2013

09:30-18:00

9:30-10:00 Opening business, including:

Appointment of tellers

Adoption of the report of the Congress Business Committee

Adoption of minutes of HE sector conference 8 June 2012 and special sector conference 27 February 2013 - see documents

Report from Michael MacNeil, National Head of Higher Education

10:00-12:30 Section 1: Debate of motions in open session (motions 1-28)

12:30-14:00 Lunch (from 12:30) and fringe meetings (13:00-14:00)

14:00-15:30 Debate of motions, to be taken in private session (pay, motions 29-33, and USS, motions 34-35)

15:30-18:00 Debate of motions in open session continued (section 1, motions 1-28)

18:00 Close of sector conference business

FE sector conference

Wednesday 29 May 2013

9:30-18:00

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

Appointment of tellers

Adoption of the report of the Congress Business Committee

Adoption of minutes of FE sector conference 8 June 2012 - see documents

Report from Barry Lovejoy, National Head of Further Education

10:00-12:30 Debate of motions

12:30-14:00 Lunch (from 12:30) and fringe meetings (13:00-14:00)

14:00-18:00 Debate of motions (continued)

18:00 Close of sector conference business

MAIN UCU CONGRESS, BRIGHTON

Thursday 30 May 2013

9:30-18:00

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

Appointment of tellers

Adoption of the report of the Congress Business Committee

Adoption of minutes of Congress 9-10 June 2013 - see documents

10:00-10:45 Section 1: Business of the Education Committee (motions 1-7)

10:45-12:00 Section 2: Business of the Recruitment, Organising and Campaigning Committee (motions 8-20)

12:00-12:30 Address by Sally Hunt, General Secretary

12:30-14:00 Lunch (from 12:30) and fringe meetings (13:00-14:00)

14:00-18:00 Private session

UCU's membership and finances: update, and Q+A session (14:00-14:30)

Section 3: Business of the Strategy and Finance Committee, to be taken in private session (motions 21-39)

18:00 Close of first day of Congress business

Friday 31 May

09:30-17:00

09:30-10:15 Section 4: Rule changes, to be taken in private session (motions 40-44)

10:15-12:00 Section 5: Business of the Strategy and Finance Committee to be taken in open session (motions 45-57)

12:00-12:30 Section 6: Other employment related business (motions 58-63)

12:30-14:00 Lunch (from 12:30) and fringe meetings (13:00-14:00)

14:00-14:20 Address by Kathy Taylor, UCU President

14:20-16.45 Section 7: Business of the Equality Committee (motions 64-79)

16:45-17:00 Closing business, including

Election results

Introduction of new president

17:00 Close of Congress 2013

Fringe & social events

Fringe meetings will take place at lunchtimes and immediately after the close of Congress business. A programme of official fringe meetings can be found  here (.doc) [692kb].

Key documents

Fifth report of the Congress Business Committee

Fourth report of the Congress Business Committee

UCU512B  UCU 2013: Third report of the Congress Business Committee

UCUHE191 USS report (motion HE34)
UCUHE191 (rtf) | UCUHE191 (.pdf)

UCUHE190 JNCHES negotiations (motion HE29)
UCUHE190 (rtf) | UCUHE190 (.pdf)

UCU512  UCU Congress, 29-31 May 2013: AGENDA - Second report of the Congress Business Committee
UCU512 (.html) | UCU512 (.rtf)

 Towards a UCU policy in professionalism, May 13 (.pdf) [424kb]

UCU511  Minutes of HE special Sector Conference, February 2013
UCU511 (.html) | UCU511 (.rtf)

UCU510  Minutes of HE Sector Conference 2012
UCU510 (.html) | UCU510 (.rtf)

UCU509  Distinguished service awards to be presented at Congress 2013
UCU509 (.html) | UCU509 (.rtf)

 Commission on Union Democracy: Final Report of Commission, Apr 13 (.pdf) [96kb]

UCU508  Minutes of FE Sector Conference 2012
UCU508 (.html) | UCU508 (.rtf)

UCU505  Election of FE negotiators - call for nominations
UCU505 (.html) | UCU505 (.rtf)

UCU504  Election of HE negotiators - call for nominations
UCU504 (.html) | UCU504 (.rtf)

UCU503  Minutes of Congress 2012
UCU503 (.html) | UCU503 (.rtf)

UCU502  Congress: Expectations of members' conduct
UCU502 (.html) | UCU502 (.rtf)

UCU501  Financial statements
UCU501 (.html) | UCU501 (.rtf)

UCU500  Budget
UCU500 (.html) | UCU500 (.rtf)

UCU499  Congress 2013: First report of the Congress Business Committee
UCU499 (.rtf) | UCU499 (.html)
UCU499a (.rtf) | UCU499a (.html)

UCU498  Appeal Panel
UCU498 (.rtf) | UCU498 (.html)

UCU496  Congress 2013
UCU496 (.html) | UCU496 (.rtf)

UCU495  Report of the NEC sub-committee on union structure and democracy
UCU495 (.html) | UCU495 (.rtf)

UCU491  National Executive Committee report to UCU Congress 2013
UCU491 (.html) | UCU491 (.rtf)

UCU483  Congress 2013 - 29-31 May 2013: Registration
UCU483 (.html) | UCU483 (.rtf)

UCU482  Congress 2013: Deadlines, motions and Congress business
UCU482 (.html) | UCU482 (.rtf)

Contacts

• Congress arrangements: Sue Bajwa (sbajwa@ucu.org.uk)
• Congress business: (motions, amendments, and standing orders): Catherine Wilkinson, Head of Constitution and Committees (cwilkinson@ucu.org.uk)
• Kay Metcalfe, administrator, Constitution & Committees (kmetcalfe@ucu.org.uk)