Jaz led a Workshop as part of UCU’s ‘Re-Humanising the University’ Teach Out today. He noted that reports by the Equality and Human Rights Commission have listed Coventry University within the top 10 in the UK for numbers of racial incidents reported, so this is a real issue. While the University Management will claim it addresses incidents of racism, there is serious disinterest in looking … Continue reading Institutional Racism at Universities Workshop – UCU Teach Out

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Can I begin by congratulating Coventry UCU for coming up with the idea of a Teach Out and on adopting the theme of ‘(Re)Humanising the University: An Alternative Coventry’ Programme.  When I thought about offering to run a workshop, my mind immediately led me to think, before we can talk about (Re)humanizing, we need to understand what we mean by human and the processes of … Continue reading Gurnam Singh – Dehumanisation and Education

Lectures cancelled? Want to know more about a humanised university or humanised education? Join us for our shared values activity or spend a few minutes thinking about how you learn in our reflective activity! Or pop in for one our teach out sessions – an alternative and flexible learning space! See you at the teach out tomorrow (and Wednesday)! Continue reading (Re)humanising the University: an Alternative Coventry Teach-Out Programme

Please read our ‘Statement to Students’ which has been sent to Coventry University Student Union (CUSU) about the strike. Continue reading UCU Coventry Statement to Students

We are busy preparing for our upcoming strike on Tuesday (28th January 2020) and Wednesday 29th January 2020)! What we would really like is to know a little more about your opinions on an alternative Coventry University and what it looks like. If you are a UCU member, staff, student, or Coventarian and would like to take part in our survey, please head here and … Continue reading Take part in our (Re)humanising the University survey!

Universities all across the world are considered to be the bastions of dissidence and resistance. Their extraordinary capacity to bring about a qualitative transformation in the institutional framework of a particular country is democratically advantageous. The convivial environment of universities is conducive to the cultivation of a critically charged political mindset. The fecundity and imaginative power of this kind of democratic mindset can greatly facilitate … Continue reading Commodification and Depoliticisation – A letter from India

Coventry UCU members will be organising a teach-out, entitled ‘(Re)humanising the University: an Alternative Coventry’, enabling staff and students to be engaged and enjoy high-quality education in an alternative setting.  Are you a Coventry academic, educator, researcher or professional staff — would you like to suggest a session/conversation to run while on strike? Let us know! (Re)humanising the University: an Alternative Coventry  The concept behind ‘(Re)humanising the University’ is … Continue reading (Re)humanising the University: an Alternative Coventry – Strike Teach-Out

UCU Coventry members will once again be on strike the 28th and 29th January 2020 in our local dispute on the CORE/Clear Review performance and appraisal system.  This is not something that we take lightly and is in response to the University’s disappointing decision not to engage with UCU meaningfully. What can you do? We need to talk each other, get involved and join the picket lines! It’s about the … Continue reading New Strike Days Announced – 28th and 29th January 2020

The article below talks about the dangerous levels of workloads in the University sector at the moment, and reports from our last branch meeting on last Wednesday 8th January 2020 showed the extent to which this is an issue at Coventry University. There is no doubt that workloads are increasing but this has been hugely exacerbated by the New Academic Year, which UCU consistently opposed … Continue reading Mental Health Warning – Your workload is dangerous!