Your UCU membership
Important information about how changes to your employment or personal details, such as retirement, parental leave, or loss of your job, may affect your UCU membership or subscription.
Update your member record
Click through to our online portal, My UCU, to update your member record online
Membership subscriptions
The subscription you pay is based on your earnings. Please ensure that you pay the correct subscription; failure to do so may disqualify you from receiving legal advice and other benefits.
Email preferences
Information on updating your central UCU email preferences.
Upgrade to full membership
If you currently have student or unemployed membership and wish to upgrade to full UCU membership, log in to our online portal, My UCU, and select 'Membership' followed by 'Change My Membership' to upgrade your membership online
Payroll payer? Switch to Direct Debit today
We're asking members still paying via payroll to take the very straightforward step of changing your payment method to direct debit (DD) because of government changes to the collection of subs.
Retirement & UCU membership
Your UCU membership doesn't need to end if you retire.
Unemployment
If you find yourself out of work, but seeking qualifying employment in further, higher or adult education, you are entitled to one year's free membership.
Parental leave and subs
During periods of parental leave your membership will be free of charge.
Cancelling your UCU membership
You can update your membership information or cancel your membership online.
Subscriptions and refunds
Information on claiming back overpayments on your subscription.
Tax relief
Following approval from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), UCU members can claim tax relief on up to 67% of their total annual subscription, at the tax rate applicable to their earnings.
Conduct and complaints
UCU's regulations on the conduct of members and the union's complaints procedure.
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