Dear members of the Education & Young People Committee, We are writing to thank you all for raising some of the questions we posed in our communication to you earlier this week.Following up on the interim Principal and Director of…
We are the University of Dundee and we say no to this recovery plan The University of Dundee thrives because of its staff, students, and trade unions who care passionately about its future and our city. That’s why we are…
Press Release – Monday 10th November 2025 UCU members strike at the University of Dundee as more job losses threatened University and College Union (UCU) Scotland members at Dundee University today (Monday) begin five days* of strikes over cuts and…
UCU is the largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK. We also have many student and retired members. For more information visit the UCU…
City Governance Committee 21st April 2025 Item 4 – UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE – FINANCIAL AND JOBS CRISIS Committee notes with grave concern the financial and jobs crisis at the University of Dundee and stands in solidarity with the university staff…
University of Dundee: Can a Phoenix rise from the Ashes? Dr Carlo Morelli, DUCU, 21 April 2025 Five months on from the revelation to the University of Dundee Court on 12th November 2024 of a £30m deficit we have arrived…
Dundee University Governance Reforms Proposals Clearly, something has gone wrong with governance at the University of Dundee. The University Executive Group (UEG) recently announced a shock £25-30m deficit. No-one has explained how this happened and why it apparently came as…
Dundee University’s Deficit: Fact or Fiction? The Paradox of Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns The 13th of November 2024 sealed the fate of the previous Principal, Professor Iain Gillespie. After announcing the “inevitable” job losses following the sudden appearance of…
Please find below Dundee specific information related to the impact of industrial action on pay and pensions. You will find the UCU provided guidance further down on this page. The UCU has produced the guidance below on the impact of…
Action short of strike means: · working to contract · not covering for absent colleagues · not sharing materials related to lectures or classes that will have been cancelled as a result of strike action · not rescheduling lectures or…
Strike days: Monday 24, Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26, Thursday 27, Friday 28 February, Monday 3, Tuesday 4, Wednesday 5, Thursday 6, Friday 7, Monday 10, Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12, Thursday 13, and Friday 14 March 2025
What does Action Short of Strike (ASOS) mean? How do I go about it? What do I need to do to go on strike? What will be the impact on my pay and pensions if I go on strike? If…
unfortunate but to lose two … raises serious questions. The University of Dundee faces a major financial crisis, such that its continued viability has been questioned. A £30m deficit for 2024-25 is now expected to lead to major job cuts…
DUCU Position Paper 11 December 2024 Dundee Unite the Union and Dundee UNISON statements 11 December 2024 DUCU Position Paper 17 January 2025 Why we are going on strike by Prof. Angela Daly published in The Courier DUCU Position Paper…
Results of the University of Dundee No-Confidence Vote On the 13th of November, then-Principal Iain Gillespie suddenly announced in an all-staff email that the university was facing a deficit of between 25 and 30 million pounds. More than a month…
We have curated press reports on the ongoing crisis of management at the University of Dundee. If we have missed any reports, please email ducu@dundee.ac.uk to let us know. 27 June 2025DUCU members, Prof. Angela Daly (Chair of Law and…
University of Dundee staff have many unanswered questions of the University’s governance structures particularly the University Executive Group (UEG). Some of these questions expressed by staff at the All Staff Townhall held on 12/12/24 are collated here. We will update…
Speeches by UNISON and UNITE representatives at University of Dundee All Staff Townhall, 12/12/24 Speech by Emma Preston, UNISON Unison wanted to say a few words today to acknowledge that: There are staff sitting in this room and joining us…
Save the University of Dundee DUCU Position Paper, 11/12/2024 Dundee University has a problem hanging onto its Principals. The fact that the second in five years has un-ceremonially resigned with immediate effect, shortly after announcing a funding crisis, raises serious…
Losing two Principals of the University in five years and facing two threatened bankruptcies in the same space of time calls into question the capability of management and governance structures of the University of Dundee. The move from elected to…
Co-PresidentMelissa D’Ascenzio Life Sciences Co-PresidentIan Ellis Dentistry TreasurerDejan Stjepanovic HSSL SecretaryJon Urch Research and Innovation Equality and Diversity OfficerMartine van Ittersum HSSL Equality and Diversity OfficerAdbullah Yusuf HSSL Casework Co-ordinatorJon Mendel HSSL Women’s OfficerMaggie Taylor HSSL Health and Safety OfficerSarah…
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