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Talk: When The World Looked Away – Palestine
The talk will take place on Tuesday 3rd March at 12-1pm on the Loughborough campus and online. Open to all our #LboroFamily staff and students.
For more information and to book your place: https://ucu.lboro.ac.uk/talk-when-the-world-looked-away-palestine/
The #LboroUCU Office will be closed for the festive period from 5pm on Friday 19th December the office will re-open from 10am on Tuesday 6th January.
We wish all #LboroFamily staff and students a great winter break!
For more details or should you need to contact us in the meantime, please see here: https://ucu.lboro.ac.uk/lucu-office-winter-closure/
#LboroFamily staff, please sign the open letter in response to change of process regarding Worktribe. This has been written collaboratively by #LboroUCU Department Reps & Committee Members. Read the letter then sign & share with other staff here at Lboro.
Sign here: https://forms.office.com/e/S2MAkyHfR5
The results of the LUCU Staff Survey, held earlier this year, have now been published on our branch website. You can see them, and a brief report, here: https://ucu.lboro.ac.uk/report-from-lucu-staff-survey/
We are very pleased to announce that we have a new Department Rep in the School of Social Sciences & Humanities. Meet our very first UCU Rep for the new Loughborough Law Department in this article: https://ucu.lboro.ac.uk/a-new-rep-for-a-new-department/
Contextualising the Conflict: A Brief History of the Middle East.
An open meeting on 8 July 12:30–13:30 focussed on contextualising the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Ali Bilgic, presents a potted history of the Middle East. The session is open to all #LboroFamily staff & students.
More info: https://ucu.lboro.ac.uk/contextualising-the-conflict-a-brief-history-of-the-middle-east/
#LboroFamily you are invited to attend "For the future: a reflection on the legacy and time of Fredric Jameson" TONIGHT (Wed 21st May) online from 6pm. Speakers include John McDonnell MP and Dr Patricia McManus. Contact Brian Jarvis ([email protected]) to attend.
Register now for an online CPD workshop, open to all #LboroFamily staff, which will help staff with the tools to take a collective approach and push back on excessive workload. Masters and PhD students at LU are also welcome to attend the session. The CPD course will take place online on Wednesday 4th June from 12:30 – 2pm. For more information and the link to register please see this article: https://ucu.lboro.ac.uk/challenging-excessive-workload-in-education-cpd-training/
LUCU is marking International (Working) Women's Day with an online session on 7th March about feminist research at Loughborough. Come join us to hear from feminist researchers across the institution and discuss the current climate for feminist research.
More info and link: https://ucu.lboro.ac.uk/international-womens-day-2025/
