UCU: Defend the maximum teaching year in post-92 contracts!

Motion

Motion text: Higher Education Sector Conference believes that:
1. The post-92 national contract is vital in safeguarding the workload of our
members
2. Institutions are increasingly pushing the limits of the safeguards integrated
within the contract
3. Non-traditional courses, such as apprenticeships and those in education and
health, may have non-standard academic years that may breach the
maximum teaching year provision within the national contract
4. The normalisation of teaching beyond the maximum teaching year, without
negotiation and explicit agreement with UCU, is unacceptable.
Higher Education Sector Conference resolves to:
a. Develop guidance for branches to support them in proactively challenging
situations where the contractual maximum teaching year is exceeded
b. Develop a way to share and disseminate information about situations where
the maximum teaching year is exceeded, and any local agreements between
UCU and institutions regarding specific courses to potentially impacted
branches and regions.