Black members' conference

The annual equality groups conference 2022 will be held will be held at Aston Conference Centre, Birmingham Thursday 8 December - Saturday 10 December.

The Black members' conference will be Saturday 10 December 14:00 - 17:30

Registration 

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Registration deadline is Wednesday 9 November, 5pm.

Motions

Branches/local associations are invited to submit up to three appropriate motions relevant to black members. Motions must have been approved either  by a quorate general meeting, or by a properly constituted meeting of black members.

A form will be available at the beginning of September

Deadline for motions: Thursday 17 November

Nominations 

Nominees to this committee must be in good membership standing, be a black member, (this being self defined) and be employed with the last 12 months.

A form will be available at the beginning of September.

The deadline for nominations is Thursday 24 November, 5pm

Email us if you would like to join UCU's network for black members.

The black members' conference was held on Saturday 4 December 14:00 - 17:00

Speakers included:

• Gary Younge, journalist, author and Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester 
• Jason Arday,  Associate Professor of Sociology

General conference information

There is plenty of opportunity throughout the day to network with other colleagues as well as to take part in various workshops  The conference discusses and votes on motions submitted by branches/local associations. The carried motions advise the NEC about the views of black members. Nominations to the committee are also collected and counted either during the day or the following few days. 

For any questions specifically about the black member's conference please contact Chris Nicholas.

For general event enquiries contact Sue Bajwa.