End of Semester A newsletter and calls to action:

Read about all the issues we’ve been negotiating about, and how to get involved:

https://www.ucuherts.org.uk/local-news/end-of-semester-a-newsletter-calls-to-action/ 

1. Hardship payment claim

2. Failures to agree on 3 items

3. Petition against parking charge rise

4. University expenses at THE Awards event in November

5. two semester teaching

6. Check your new workload allocation

7. Equate, Research, Redundancies and VL pay

8. Staff survey results

The 2025 Staff Survey results are now out. Check HertsHub for the announcement. Here are the headlines:

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Campaigns:

Your branch is currently concerned about the following issues:

1. The University’s decision to pay a miserly staff bonus of only £100, a cut of 72% on last year’s £350, despite commending our “hard work, dedication and commitment” (VC email ‘Herts achieves top 50 UK university ranking’ of 13 September’)
2. Management’s refusal to reverse the hugely unpopular 50% parking charge rise
3. Management’s refusal to make a hardship payment this year, unlike last year’s payment of £100-£300 depending on grade
4. Their refusal to pay Outer London Weighting (though the Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield pays it to the tune of £4,065 a year); and
5. The VC’s refusal to disclose his salary until next year’s financial report while calling this “full transparency.”

Meanwhile, at last report, the University had cash and short-term deposits of £139.4 million.

 

The petition against 50% increase in parking charges tops 1000 signatures – add yours:

Petition surpasses 1000 signatures in response to University of Hertfordshire’s unprecedented 50% campus parking charge rise

A rising wave of frustration has swept through the University of Hertfordshire community as more than 1000 staff, students and supporters have signed a petition calling on it to reverse its recent 50% increase in campus parking charges.

Sign the petition: scan the QR code below, or visit bit.ly/442UQuq

 

 

What is the University of Hertfordshire UCU branch?

The University and College Union is the recognised trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK.

Your local branch at the University of Hertfordshire represents its members, negotiates with management, and campaigns for better working conditions and pay. Read more about what we do.