Special HE sector conference - February 2015: pensions dispute

Following requests from at least 20 HE branch quorate general meetings, a special meeting of the HE sector conference was convened for Tuesday 24 February. See the calling notice, circular UCU/628, here.

The business of this conference is to debate the campaigns to defend pensions in HE, and to defend the capacity of the UCU to call industrial action short of a strike as part of those campaigns.

The agenda, motions and amendments submitted for debate at the conference can be found here. The first report of the Conference Business Committee can be found below (UCU/632). 

Venue: Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester, M1 3LA.  

Motions and amendments

The timetable for motions and amendments:

• deadline for motions - 12 noon, Thursday 12 February
• Congress Business Committee meets - Friday 13 February
• delegate registration deadline - Monday 16 February
• motions published to branches - Monday 16 February
• email to delegates - Tuesday 17 February
• amendment deadline - 12 noon, Friday 20 February
• final agenda issued and circulated by email: Monday 23 February (available in hard copy at the conference)
• conference - Tuesday 24 February

Key documents

• First report of the Conference Business Committee
  UCU632.html | UCU632.rtf
• Calling notice
  UCU628.html | UCU628.rtf