University and College Union

University and College Union
University and College Union
Abbreviation	UCU
Founded	1 June 2006
Headquarters	London, NW1
Location	United Kingdom;
Members	122,104 (2022)
Key people	Jo Grady (General Secretary)
Affiliations	TUC, ICTU, STUC
Website	www.ucu.org.uk

The University and College Union (UCU) is a British trade union in further and higher education representing over 120,000 academics and support staff.^[2]

UCU is a vertical union representing casualised researchers and teaching staff, "permanent" lecturers and academic related professional services staff. Definitions of all these categories are currently rather ambiguous due to recent changes in fixed term and open-ended contract law. In many universities, casualised academics form the largest category of staff and UCU members.

^ "Annual Return for a Trade Union" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Joining a Union". University of Exeter. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[1] "Annual Return for a Trade Union" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

[Robinson-2] "Joining a Union". University of Exeter. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

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