Branch meeting

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Dear members,
Branch Meeting – Wednesday 14 October 2026 at 1:00 pm
We will be holding an online branch meeting (Zoom) from 1pm – 2pm
Here is a brief agenda for the meeting:
Welcome and local updates from the exec committee
  • Workload survey developed by the campus trade unions and management
  • Update on the VC appointment and UCU’s involvement in the recruitment process
  • ID card requirement for staff
  • Upcoming events (caseworker meeting, dept reps meeting)
  • Time for questions from members
We hope to see you there.
In solidarity
The York UCU Branch Executive

PDR feedback and upcoming events

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Dear members, we have recently released an email asking you for any feedback relating to the form or process of your Annual Performance and Development Review (PDR), which have been revised. If you have any comments or experiences about the new PDR process which you would like to share with us, please do so by emailing us at ucu@york.ac.uk.

We also wanted to share the following events:
Discussing Decolonisation
Friday 18th September, 12-6pm, at York St Johns University
Singing Resistance
Friday 25th September 09.30-11.30 am at the University of York
Defending the University: Free Inquiry and the Question of Safety
Friday 25th September, 12-1pm, LMB/031
Defending the University: A talk by Aaron Winter, Senior Lecturer in Race and Anti-Racism at Lancaster University
Monday 28th September, 12-2pm, LMB/030

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Branch Meeting 7th July 2026

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Highlights from the meeting:
  • Introduction to the new exec for 2026/27
  • We donated £200 to the LSBU branch to support them in their industrial action
  • We discussed the new PDR process, and particularly concerns over how the Community Without Limits framework is being used as part of it. Members are encouraged to contact the exec with their experiences of PDRs over the summer and into autumn.
  • We discussed the prospect of further significant organisational changes in the near future, with recruitment of a new VC, the “strategy refresh”, and so on. Members are encouraged to respond to the recent survey “Shaping our future Vice-Chancellor”.