Timetable and order of business
13 May 2008
Click on the title of a session to see results of debates on motions. All sessions were public unless otherwise stated.
Wednesday 28 May, Congress
09:30-10:00 Opening business, including:
- Address by President, Linda Newman
President's speech to Congress 2008 [33kb]
- Adoption of the report of the Congress Business Committee
- Appointment of scrutineers/tellers
- Adoption of minutes of the previous meeting
10:00-10:45 Section 1: Business of the equality committee
10:45-11:15 Section 2: Business of the recruitment, organising and campaigning committee
11:15-11:45 Private session: Presentation and Q&A with Professor Jeremy Waddington, on the UCU membership survey
11:45-12:30 Private session: Section 2 continued: Motions on the National Organising Plan (motions 11, 12)
12.30-14.00 Lunch (and fringe meetings)
14:00-14:15 Section 2 continued: Business of the Recruitment, Organising and Campaigning Committee
14:15-14:30 Address by Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary
14:30-17:15 Section 3: Business of the Strategy and Finance Committee (part 1, public session)
17:15-18:00 Section 4: Business of the Education Committee
Thursday 29 May: FE Sector Conference
FE conference speaker: Dr Ken Spours, Institute of Education - 'Towards a more unified and inclusive 14+ education and training system':
Ken Spours, presentation to UCU FE sector conference [249kb]
09:30-09:45 Opening business
09:45-10:30 FE report (including Q&A)
10:30-12:30 First session of the Further Education Sector Conference
12:30-14:00 Lunch (and fringe meetings)
14:00-18:00 Second session of the Further Education Sector Conference
Thursday 29 May: HE Sector Conference
09:30-09:45 Opening business
From 09:45 HE sector conference: Congress 2008
09:45-11:15 JNCHES and pay
11:15-12:00 Framework agreement
12:00-12:30 Research assessment and funding, ELQs
12:30-14:00 Lunch (and fringe meetings)
14:00-14:40 Equality issues
14:40-14:55 Workload
14:55-15:35 Redundancies, governance
15:35-16:15 Academic-related staff, fixed-term and hourly paid staff, health professions
16:15-16:30 Pensions
16:30-17:10 Local association and branch activities
17:10-18:00 Other campaign issues
Friday 30 May, Congress
09:30-09:45 Address by Christine Blower, acting general secretary, National Union of Teachers
09:45-10:45 Private session: Section 5: Business of the Strategy and Finance Committee (part 2, private session)
10:45-12:00 Private session: Section 6: Rule changes
12:00-12:30 Speaker : Bill Rammell, Minister of state, lifelong learning, further and higher education
12:30-14:00 Lunch (and fringe meetings)
14:00-14:30 Private session: Section 6 continued: Rule changes
14:30-15:15 Section 7: Business of the Education Committee (continued)
15:15-16:30 Section 8: Other (non-sectoral) employment-related business
16:30-17:00 Closing business including:
- Honorary memberships
- Election results
- Introduction of new president
17:00 Close of business
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