Academic-related, professional services staff annual meeting

2 August 2007

Annual meeting for academic-related, professional services staff members of UCU.

Diary date The next annual meeting of academic related, professional services staff will be Thursday, 6 March.

Venue and timings

An annual meeting will be held hybrid using Zoom.

Venue: UCU head office, Carlow Street, London, NW1 7LH, 10:00 - 15:30 (registration from 09:30)

Registration

Each HE branch may send two voting representative to the annual meeting. Branch representatives must have been approved either by a quorate branch meeting, quorate branch committee meeting or by a properly constituted meeting of members that work in an academic-related role.

The registration form will be available in January

Registration deadline - Monday, 4 March 5pm.

Nominations - deadline for submission of nominations is Thursday 20 February

Each HE branch/local association can nominate up to three people to the committee. Nominees to this committee must be in good membership standing and have been employed in an academic-related role in the last 12 months. The academic-related, professional staff committee will advise and make recommendations to the National Executive Committee on any issues arising specifically from or related to the employment of members on academic-related contracts.

The committee will meet three times a year and committee members will have their expenses paid. If elections are necessary these will be held soon after the annual meeting.

A nominations form will be available

Motions - deadline for submission of motions is Thursday 13 February

HE branches/local associations can submit up to 3 motions for consideration to the annual meeting, limited to matters of direct concern to staff in academic-related roles.

A motions form will be available in January.

Please also note the guidance on writing motions using the language of the social model of disability [100kb].

The 2023 annual meeting for ARPS was held on Thursday 16 March 2023 on-line using Zoom

2023 Conference Papers:

Agenda [125kb]

Chairs report [88kb]

Minutes 2022 [154kb]

Motions debated [74kb]

Previous meetings

17 March 2022

Motions put to the 2022 meeting [74kb]

Committee chair's report to the meeting [88kb]

Minutes of the 2021 annual meeting [99kb]

18 March 2021

There were two presentations by Dr Alicja Syska & Ursula Canton, and Professor Colin McCaig, on 'finding the silver linings in the cloud':

The annual meeting voted to adopt these motions including agreeing amendments to the ARPS standing orders:

Motions adopted by the ARPS annual meeting 2021 [48kb]

14 February 2019

The 2019 annual meeting was quorate for the first time in two years, so the main focus for the day was on electing an Academic-related, professional services staff committee, and looking to formulate a work plan for the committee for the year ahead.

Motions adopted at the ARPS annual meeting 2019 [45kb]

A presentation of the results of the last survey undertaken of ARPS staff in 2017 [446kb] was made to the meeting.

Lively workshop discussions produced some good feedback from the groups.