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Jo Grady

General secretary's news

Updates from Jo Grady, UCU's general secretary

  • 18 November 2022

    Over the past days we have seen dozens of examples of university management sending out bullying and intimidating emails threatening punitive deductions to our…

  • 17 November 2022

    This is it. One week to go until the biggest strike action that our sector has ever seen on 24, 25 and 30 November. On the eve of our first day of strike action…

  • 14 November 2022

    From today we have just 10 days to prepare for our strikes on 24, 25 and 30 November. That's 10 days to recruit more UCU members. 10 days to build our picket lines.…

  • 11 November 2022

    Time is running out to deliver the biggest ever picket lines in UCU history.

  • 10 November 2022

    As reported earlier this week the union has confirmed the following days of strike action as part of our UCU Rising campaign: Thursday 24 November Friday 25 November…

  • 8 November 2022

    Following our historic ballot result and a meeting of the union's Higher Education Committee, I can today confirm that we have served notice to the employers that…

  • 7 November 2022

    I'm pleased to launch UCU's new manifesto for adult and community education (ACE).

  • 2 November 2022

    Firstly, let me start by thanking everyone on the Higher Education Committee for your work in helping to make history for the UCU. I know some of you were nervous…