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Jo Grady

General secretary's news

Updates from Jo Grady, UCU's general secretary

  • 3 February 2020

    To celebrate the life of Nita Sanghera the West Midlands region and national UCU will hold an event with her family on Sunday 29 March in Birmingham.

  • 3 February 2020

    Last Friday ballot papers were posted to UCU members for the annual election of its future president, seats on the national executive committee (NEC) and for trustees.…

  • 28 January 2020

    We have reached an important point in our 'four fights' dispute over pay, job security, equality and workload. Employers have tabled a new offer and I want to update…

  • 23 January 2020

    Read my piece for our environmental blog about why UCU is fully supporting the Teach the Future campaign.

  • 22 January 2020

    I have a short update for members about the ongoing negotiations in our higher education disputes. USS   Talks continue between UCU, employers, and USS over the…

  • 20 January 2020

    I'm urging members in the 37 UCU higher education branches currently being balloted over joining the pay & equality and pensions action to vote. Thousands of UCU…

  • 15 January 2020

    An update for members in higher education on our latest negotiations with employers. As term begins, the elected reps on  UCU's higher education committee  are…

  • 10 January 2020

    Branches have been invited to discuss with members the next phase of the pay and USS disputes ahead of a special HEC on 30 January and to feed in their views. A…