UCU Congress 2025

UCU Congress 2025 was held from Saturday 24 - Monday 26 May 2025 in Liverpool.

• Order of business
• Congress elections

ORDER OF BUSINESS

Sessions of Congress and the sector conferences are open sessions, unless marked otherwise

Saturday 24 May, 9:30 - 18:00: Congress

09:30 - 10:25 Opening of Congress and welcome
Address by Maxine Looby, UCU President
Address by Dr Jo Grady, UCU General Secretary
Address by guest speaker, Arley Gill, Chair of Grenada Reparations Commission

10:25 - 11:00 Opening business including:
Instructions for speakers
Test vote
Adoption of the Congress agenda
Adoption of minutes of Congress 29-31 May 2024 ( UCU/2172 [458kb])

11:00 - 11:20 Break

11:20 - 12:00 Section 1: Business of the education committee (motions 1-6)

12:00 - 12:30 Section 2: Business of the recruitment, organising and campaigning committee (motions 7-17)

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and fringe meetings

14:00 - 14:45 Section 2: Business of the recruitment, organising and campaigning committee, continued (motions 7-17)

14:45 - 15:50 Section 3: Private session: Business of the strategy and finance committee to be taken in private session (motions 18-33)

15:50 - 16:10 Break

16:10 - 17:00 Section 3: Private session: Business of the strategy and finance committee to be taken in private session (motions 18-33) continued

17:00 - 18:00 Section 4: Private session: Rule Changes (motions 34-39)

Sunday 25 May, Sector conferences

Further education sector conference

09:00 - 09:30 Opening business including:
Instructions for speakers
Test vote
Adoption of the report of the Congress Business Committee
Adoption of minutes of FE sector Conference 28 May 2023 ( UCU/2132 [204kb])
Adoption of the minutes of the special FE sector conference 13 April 2024 ( UCU/2133 [187kb])
Report from the head of further education, Paul Bridge
09:30 - 10:40 Debate of motions (FE1 - FE37)

10:40 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:30 Debate of motions (FE1 - FE37) continued

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and fringe meetings

14:00 - 15:50 Debate of motions (FE1 - FE37) continued

15:50 - 16:10 Break

16:10 - 18:00Debate of motions (FE1 - FE37) continued

18:00 Close of further education sector conference 2025

Higher education sector conference

09:00 - 09:30 Opening business including:
Instructions for speakers
Test vote
Adoption of the report of the Congress Business Committee
Adoption of minutes of HE sector Conference 28 May 2023 ( UCU/2126 [304kb])
Report from the head of higher education, Shahenda Suliman

09:30 - 10:40 Debate of motions (HE1 - HE39) Motions HE1-HE5 to be taken in private session

10:40 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:30 Debate of motions (HE1 - HE39) continued

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and fringe meetings

14:00 - 15:50 Debate of motions (HE1 - HE39) continued

15:50 - 16:10 Break

16:10 - 18:00 Debate of motions (HE1 - HE39) continued

18:00 Close of higher education sector conference 2025

Monday 26 May, 09:00 - 15:00: Congress

09:00 - 09:10 Opening of second day's business
09:10 - 10:40 Section 5: Business of the equality committee (motions 40-61)
10:40 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:30 Section 5: Business of the equality committee continued
11:30 - 12:00 Section 6: Business of the strategy and finance committee to be taken in open session (motions 62-83)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:50 Section 6: Business of the strategy and finance committee to be take in open session (motions 62-83) continued
14:50 - 15:00 Closing business
15:00 Close of Congress 2025

Elections at Congress 

• Further education: negotiators [165kb]
• Further education: Congress business committee [143kb]
• Higher education: Congress business committee [140kb]
• Higher education: negotiators [178kb]
• USS superannuation working group [189kb]
• Conduct of members committee narrative [84kb]
• Conduct of members committee count sheet [5kb]

Congress Business Committee reports

• Congress business committee report 1 [560kb]
• Congress business committee report 2 [809kb]
• Congress business committee report 2, appendix 1 [319kb]