UCU Congress 2018

UCU Congress 2018 was held in Manchester.

• Timetable
• Related documents
• Information about the one day special congress in October 2018

Timetable

*Indicates business, or part therof, taken at a one day special congress.

Wednesday 30 May, 09:30-18:00: Congress

09:30-10:00 Opening business, including:
Welcome and address from Joanna de Groot, President
Appointment of tellers
Adoption of the report of the Congress Business Committee
Adoption of minutes of Congress 27-29 May 2017

10:00-11:15   Private session: Discussion and adoption (motion 1) of the report of the Commission on Effective Industrial Action (paper UCU/860)

11:15-12:00   Private session: Section 1: Business of the strategy and finance committee to be taken in private session (motions 2-11; session continues 14:15)*

12:00-12:30   Private session: Section 2: rule changes to be taken in private session (motions 12-18)*

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

14:00-14:15   Address by Sally Hunt, General Secretary

14:15-15:00   Private session: Debate of remaining motions from section 1: Business of the strategy and finance committee to be taken in private session (motions 2-11 continued)*

15:00-16:30 Section 3: Business of the equality committee (motions 19-32)*

16:30-18:00 Section 4: Business of the strategy and finance committee to be taken in open session (motions 33-48)*

18:00  Close of first day of Congress business

Thursday 31 May

09:00-18:00 Further Education Sector Conference

09:00-18:30 Higher Education Sector Conference

Lunch and fringe meetings 12:30-14:00.

Friday 1 June

09:00-09:30   Section 5: Business of the Education Committee (motions 49-50)*

09:30-12:00   Section 6: Business of the recruitment, organising and campaigning committee (motions 51-70; session continues at 13:00)*

12:00-13:00   Lunch

13:00-14:45 Debate of remaining motions from section 6: Business of the recruitment, organising and campaigning committee (motions 51-70 continued)*

14:45-15:00   Closing business, including:
Election results
Introduction of incoming President, Vicky Knight
Closing remarks

15:00  Close of Congress 2018

Related documents

• 1 day Congress, 18 October 2018
• Congress agenda 2018: fourth report of the Congress Business Committee [67kb]
• Congress agenda 2018: third report of the Congress Business Committee
  UCU877b.html | UCU877b.rtf
• Superannuation working group report to the higher education sector conference, May 2018
  UCUBANHE33.pdf | UCUBANHE33.rtf
• Congress agenda 2018: second report of the Congress Business Committee
  UCU877.html | UCU877.rtf
• National negotiators' report to the higher education sector conference
  UCUBANHE32.pdf | UCUBANHE32.rtf
• Budget
  UCU874.html | UCU874.rtf
• Minutes of HE sector conference 2017
  UCU871.html | UCU871.rtf
• Minutes of FE sector conference 2017
  UCU870.html | UCU870.rtf
• Minutes of Congress 27-29 May 2017
  UCU869.html | UCU869.rtf
• Election of FE negotiators for England - call for nominations
  ​UCU864.html | UCU864.rtf
• Election of HE negotiators - call for nominations
  UCU865.html | UCU865.rtf 
• Election of USS Superannuation Working Group Negotiators - call for nominations
  UCU866.html | UCU866.rtf 
• Election of FE Agreement Ratification Panel - call for nominations
  UCU867.html | UCU867.rtf
• First report of the Congress Business Committee
  UCU863.html | UCU863.rtf
• Financial statements
  UCU862.html | UCU862.rtf
• Distinguished Service Awards 2018
  UCU861.html | UCU861.rtf
• Commission on effective industrial action: report
  UCU860.html | UCU860.rtf
• Appeal Panel: call for nominations
  UCU859.html | UCU859.rtf
• NEC report to Congress
  UCU857.html | UCU857.rtf
• Congress registration information
  UCU846.html | UCU846.rtf
• Congress calling notice
  UCU845.html | UCU845.rtf