We have reached a point in discussions with our employers where we have made significant progress across a range of issues. To allow our ongoing negotiations to continue in a constructive environment we have agreed to pause action across both disputes for the next two weeks and create a period of calm.

This means the strikes on 21, 22, 23, 27, 28 February, and 1, 2 March will not go ahead. All the action scheduled after these dates remains in place.

#ucuRising

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12791/UCU-Rising-strike-paused-campaign-continues

📣 Huge funding from Wellcome for research culture

£1M for 2 years
Invite only, 42 UK & Irish unis

"The Institutional Funding for Research Culture is an invitation only call in which each organisation is only able to submit one application. The call intends to have a cross-organisational impact. For this reason, we require the lead applicant for this award to be the Vice-Chancellor of Research or equivalent."

https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/Institutional-Funding-for-Research-Culture#list-of-invited-institutions-804f

#ResearchCulture #OpenResearch #OpenScience #DEI #Academia