UCU: Privatisation in UK universities

Motion

Motion text: Conference notes that

1. UCU members working at a number of universities are now being faced with the threat of privatisation.
2. Where universities have sought private involvement, redundancies have been threatened as have pay and conditions whilst quality of education has also been put at risk.
3. Dundee University recently withdrew its threat of compulsory redundancies, which were a knock-on effect of privatisation, following a determined campaign from the beginning by Dundee UCU and Conference congratulates Dundee UCU on its success .

Conference resolves

1. To support the decision of UCU's higher education committee to campaign against attempts at privatisation in UK Universities.
2. To support the Dundee UCU call urging UCU to launch a serious national campaign in defence of higher education as a matter of urgency i. e. against privatisation and the accompanying threats of job cuts and erosion of pay and conditions.