UCU: Compiling regional calendars to assist timing of industrial action

Motion

Motion title: Compiling regional calendars to assist timing of industrial action

Motion text: Conference notes:
1. Higher Education Institutions have different term times and exam periods.
2. Picking optimum times for strikes and marking boycotts to suit all branches is very difficult
Conference believes:
a. Branches should have input into the best strike dates for them
b. A readily available matrix of key dates for each institution would assist in making these decisions
Conference instructs:
i. HEC to arrange for each region to supply UCU centrally with an annual matrix of term and exam dates for their institutions for the coming year, every May, to be updated throughout the year with any information not available in May.
ii. That this matrix should be made available to branches on request, and automatically provided, at least 2 weeks in advance of motion deadlines, to any meetings making decisions on strike dates, including but not limited to HEC, Congress, Conference and BDMs.
iii. The time required to collect this data in 2022 does not provide a justification for delaying the implementation of industrial action supported by this conference.