Raising UCU's profile

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• General
• Academic-related and professional staff
• Adult and community learning
• Casualised staff
• Cuts
• Early careers
• Further education
• Open days
• Privatisation
• Researchers
• Newsletters
• Press
• Petitions
• Inductions
• Templates

Order

• UCU hard copy recruitment leaflets
• UCU pens
• UCU balloons
• UCU cotton bags
• Reusable drink mugs
• UCU badges
• UCU notepads
• UCU lanyards

Please contact Martin Whelton to order any materials.

Downloads

Quantities of some of the posters and leaflets below may be available for branches on request. Please contact Martin Whelton for further information.

General

• Build the Union - 'Rosie' recruitment poster [1mb]
• 'Help' recruitment poster [60kb]
• 'There’s strength in numbers' recruitment poster [129kb]
• 10 reasons to join poster/leaflet [32kb]
• UCU general recruitment poster [30kb]
• A4 Join UCU poster [48kb]
• Blank UCU poster [16kb]
• Blank UCU poster with contact box [17kb]

• UCU general recruitment leaflet [33kb]
• Exeter University UCU joint union recruitment leaflet example [90kb]

Academic-related and professional staff

• ARPS recruitment poster [55kb]
• ARPS recruitment flyer [126kb]
• 'Join UCU now' academic-related staff recruitment poster [119kb]
• 'Join your union' academic-related staff recruitment poster [126kb]
• Professional staff recruitment poster [222kb]
• Academic-related and professional staff: 'five reasons to join' recruitment poster [58kb]
• Academic-related staff recruitment poster [222kb]

Adult and community learning

• ACL recruitment leaflet [46kb]
• ACL recruitment poster [28kb]
• UCU adult education recruitment leaflet [44kb]

Casualised staff

• UCU hourly paid recruitment leaflet [49kb]
• Fixed-term poster [29kb]

• Leeds University UCU 'fixed-term contract week' poster example [311kb]
• Leeds University UCU 'fixed-term contract week' leaflet example [193kb]
• Oxford University UCU: fixed-term contract leaflet example [134kb]

Cuts

• UCU 'protect jobs' recruitment leaflet [47kb]

• Askham Bryan UCU 'stop the cuts' poster example [49kb]
• Askham Bryan 'stop the cuts' leaflet example [31kb]
• UEA UCU: 'no more cuts' leaflet example [87kb]

Early careers

• UCU early careers recruitment leaflet [344kb]
• UCU early careers union presentation [546kb]

Further education

• FE staff recruitment leaflet [263kb]
• FE non lecturer recruitment leaflet [318kb]
• Associate lecturers - recruitment leaflet [87kb]
• Associate lecturers - recruitment poster [46kb]

Open days

• Which university should I go to? - leaflet for university open days [69kb]

Privatisation

• Stop privatisation leaflet/poster [31kb]

• Essex University UCU INTO/privatisation recruitment poster example [25kb]
• Oxford Brookes UCU 'keep INTO out' poster example [438kb]
• Essex University UCU INTO/privatisation leaflet example [61kb]
• Oxford Brookes UCU 'keep INTO out' leaflet example [461kb]

Researchers

• UCU reseacher recruitment leaflet [49kb]

Newsletters

• Local newsletter template - single-sided [216kb]
• Local newsletter template - two-sided [209kb]

• Birkbeck College: example of local newsletter [309kb]

Press

• Local press release template [132kb]

Petitions

• petition template [608kb]
• Example petition: ESOL [27kb]

Inductions

• UCU: sample induction presentation [153kb]
• UCU structure diagram [63kb]

Templates

• Blank UCU poster [16kb]
• UCU draft invitation to join letter #1 [148kb]
• UCU: sample induction presentation [153kb]
• Local newsletter template - single-sided [216kb]
• Local newsletter template - two-sided [209kb]
• Blank UCU poster with contact box [17kb]
• Local press release template [132kb]

Order

Please contact Martin Whelton to order any materials.

UCU hard copy recruitment leaflets

All members must now join online. There is a membership enquiry form available for recruitment and induction meetings, available also in Welsh. Please contact Martin Whelton to order printed copies of the forms.

UCU pens

Ballpoint pens with wording 'Make it happen' and UCU web address.

UCU balloons

Eleven inch diameter latex balloons with UCU logo on two sides, available in pink or purple. Great for dressing recruitment stalls. Balloon sticks are also available on request.

UCU cotton bags

Good sized cotton carrier bags with the 'Rosie' build the union image on one side.

Reusable drink mugs

BPA-free, reusable, recyclable plastic travel mugs. Microwave and dishwasher safe. Maximum seven per branch.

UCU badges

Small metal lapel badges, one with UCU logo on white background and silver border, the other saying 'UCU rep'. Both fasten at the back with a brooch style pin.

Mind the gap

4cm round white buttons, featuring the mind the gap design and the UCU logo. Badge pin fastening.

UCU notepads

Handy A5 notepads for stalls and the staff room in white paper with UCU logo and web address. Pads are made from elemental chlorine free 100% recycled paper. Each pad contains fifty sheets.

UCU lanyards

2cm wide UCU black nylon lanyard with UCU logo, website address and wording 'your vote, your voice, your union', with metal side release clip.