
General secretary's news
Updates from Jo Grady, Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ's general secretary
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27 April 2021
The USS pension scheme is facing a renewed attack by your employers' representative body, Universities UK (UUK). UUK is proposing massive cuts to USS members' retirement…
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22 March 2021
I'm writing to update you about two really important current initiatives which I'd love to see a lot of Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ members taking part in. Sexual violence survey You have…
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5 March 2021
Many of you - particularly those who are members of USS - will have heard the news on Tuesday that the pension scheme has decided to demand very significant increases…
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4 March 2021
The Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ sexual violence task group is surveying Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ members on the issue of sexual violence in our sectors. Please check your emails for the link to complete the…
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2 March 2021
The pandemic has brutally exposed critical weaknesses in post-16 education. Universities' reliance on fee income and the lack of investment in further education…
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26 February 2021
Yesterday I appeared on BBC Question Time. I explained what I think of the government telling education staff to do extra work over the summer. I told the @bbcquestiontime…
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24 February 2021
Tomorrow (Thursday) at 10:45pm, I will be representing Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ on Question Time on BBC One. Trade unions and the workers they represent are rarely platformed in mainstream…
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11 February 2021
You have until 5pm next Wednesday 17 February to give us your thoughts about industrial action in higher education by completing our survey.
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