Author: Ivan Bonsell

Your Retirement Here’s a link to a free local programme for those nearing retirement or recently retired.

This isn’t the most exciting post, I appreciate, but if you are a USS member, we need to know about it… The higher education employers represented by Universities UK (UUK) have proposed significant changes to the USS pension scheme. USS is the pension scheme predominantly for academic and related staff in pre-1992 institutions. The University […]

Delegates from Brighton will be going to Chester in January 2018 for the annual HE conference, where policies for 2018 and beyond will be discussed and agreed. Our branch has three motions on the agenda and one amendment to a motion has been ruled out of order. Full details about the conference are here. The […]

There for you Newsletter Dec 2017 Financial Assistance – if you are in financial hardship due to unforeseen circumstances  Small Grants o School Uniform (May-July) o Winter Fuel Dec-Feb – currently available  Links to Credit Unions – for loans/savings  Wellbeing breaks – during illness/respite for carers  Support & information – listening […]

Members will have seen (through the University’s one-way communication system) that UCU members are due to take strike action this week from 1pm on Thursday 23rd and all day on Friday 24th, followed by a work-to-contract over the next few months. This is due to the University management’s insistence that two employees should be made […]

It’s time to choose who speaks for you. Elections are being held for all seats on UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC), the governing body of the union. A ballot paper will be sent to every eligible member at their home address, together with information on the candidates. The ballot opens on 3 April 2017 and […]

Our AGM agreed to support this initiative, proposed by the Mike Adams, our Joint Retired Members’ Secretary, which is designed to help people with specific needs when using buses. http://www.buses.co.uk/page.shtml?pageid=1350