Loughborough UCU

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  • Struggling with workload? Join this free CPD session on working safely

    With workload pressures continuing to affect staff across the University, Working Safely: Building Collective Strength provides a practical opportunity to explore the impact of work on our wellbeing, understand employers’ responsibilities, and develop confidence in raising workplace concerns.

    Tuesday 8 September, 1pm – 2:30pm

    Register here.

    Note: Attendance is open to all Loughborough University staff and is not restricted to UCU members.

    The way we work has changed significantly in recent years, but concerns about workload, stress and wellbeing remain. This interactive session will explore the impact that work can have on our physical and mental health, and look at the responsibilities employers have to ensure staff can work safely and sustainably.

    The workshop will also help participants understand the language and legal framework around health and safety, giving staff greater confidence to raise concerns and advocate for themselves and colleagues when workplace issues arise.

    During the session, participants will:

    • explore some of the challenges affecting safe working today
    • consider the impact of workload, stress and mental health
    • gain a better understanding of employers’ health and safety responsibilities
    • build confidence in discussing workplace concerns
    • learn about the support available through UCU

    Although workload pressures can often feel like an individual problem, they are frequently the result of wider workplace issues. This session looks at how we can respond collectively, support one another and help create healthier working environments for everyone.

    Whether you’re feeling the effects of workload right now or simply want a better understanding of your rights and the support available, this free CPD session is open to all staff and provides a useful opportunity to reflect, learn and share experiences.

    Book your place: https://my.ucu.org.uk/app/courses/course_booking/CourseID/1921

  • Struggling with workload? Free CPD session on working safely

    Struggling with workload? Free CPD session on working safely

    Struggling with workload? Join this free CPD session on working safely

    With workload pressures continuing to affect staff across the University, Working Safely: Building Collective Strength provides a practical opportunity to explore the impact of work on our wellbeing, understand employers’ responsibilities, and develop confidence in raising workplace concerns.

    Tuesday 8 September, 1pm – 2:30pm

    Register here: https://my.ucu.org.uk/app/courses/course_booking/CourseID/1921

    Note: Attendance is open to all Loughborough University staff and is not restricted to UCU members.

    The way we work has changed significantly in recent years, but concerns about workload, stress and wellbeing remain. This interactive session will explore the impact that work can have on our physical and mental health, and look at the responsibilities employers have to ensure staff can work safely and sustainably.

    The workshop will also help participants understand the language and legal framework around health and safety, giving staff greater confidence to raise concerns and advocate for themselves and colleagues when workplace issues arise.

    During the session, participants will:

    • explore some of the challenges affecting safe working today
    • consider the impact of workload, stress and mental health
    • gain a better understanding of employers’ health and safety responsibilities
    • build confidence in discussing workplace concerns
    • learn about the support available through UCU

    Although workload pressures can often feel like an individual problem, they are frequently the result of wider workplace issues. This session looks at how we can respond collectively, support one another and help create healthier working environments for everyone.

    Whether you’re feeling the effects of workload right now or simply want a better understanding of your rights and the support available, this free CPD session is open to all staff and provides a useful opportunity to reflect, learn and share experiences.

    Book your place: https://my.ucu.org.uk/app/courses/course_booking/CourseID/1921

  • CPD: Embedding Climate Education in the Curriculum

    CPD: Embedding Climate Education in the Curriculum

    Lboro UCU branch has organised an online CPD workshop, open to all LU staff. Masters and PhD students at LU are also welcome to attend the session. The Embedding Climate Education in the Curriculum CPD workshop will take place online on Tuesday 21st April from 2pm–3:30pm. In addition to helping you to improve your teaching practice, this CPD workshop can be referenced as evidence of pedagogical development in PDR/GLOW conversations and for academic promotion applications. Please come along and invite your colleagues (including those who may not be UCU members) to join us.

    This interactive workshop will look at detailed examples of how UCU members are incorporating climate education in their classroom practice in a way which we hope you will find exciting and empowering.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are to:

    1. understand why sustainability issues are so important to students and staff
    2. explore how sustainability issues have been incorporated into a range of learning programmes
    3. reflect on how to amend your own practice
    4. consider how you could use your experience to support other staff members around sustainability issues.

    How the workshops will work

    The taught sessions will last for about 60 minutes, after which time it may be possible to take 15-20 minutes to discuss the issues raised with a UCU official, depending on availability. In that case the total time commitment will be less than an hour and a half.

    Sign up to the training here and please share this link with any other staff at Lboro who may be interested in coming along – https://cpd.web.ucu.org.uk/events/embedding-climate-education-in-the-curriculum-loughborough/.

    Upon signing up you should receive an email including an outlook calendar invite and a link to join the session within 3 working days. If you have not received this within a week of signing up, please contact ucu@lboro.ac.uk and we will make sure it comes through.

  • CPD: Embedding Climate Education in the Curriculum

    Lboro UCU branch has organised an online CPD workshop, open to all LU staff. Masters and PhD students at LU are also welcome to attend the session. The Embedding Climate Education in the Curriculum CPD workshop will take place online on Tuesday 21st April from 2pm–3:30pm. In addition to helping you to improve your teaching practice, this CPD workshop can be referenced as evidence of pedagogical development in PDR/GLOW conversations and for academic promotion applications. Please come along and invite your colleagues (including those who may not be UCU members) to join us.

    This interactive workshop will look at detailed examples of how UCU members are incorporating climate education in their classroom practice in a way which we hope you will find exciting and empowering.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are to:

    1. understand why sustainability issues are so important to students and staff
    2. explore how sustainability issues have been incorporated into a range of learning programmes
    3. reflect on how to amend your own practice
    4. consider how you could use your experience to support other staff members around sustainability issues.

    How the workshops will work

    The taught sessions will last for about 60 minutes, after which time it may be possible to take 15-20 minutes to discuss the issues raised with a UCU official, depending on availability. In that case the total time commitment will be less than an hour and a half.

    Sign up to the training here and please share this link with any other staff at Lboro who may be interested in coming along – https://cpd.web.ucu.org.uk/events/embedding-climate-education-in-the-curriculum-loughborough/.

    Upon signing up you should receive an email including an outlook calendar invite and a link to join the session within 3 working days. If you have not received this within a week of signing up, please contact ucu@lboro.ac.uk and we will make sure it comes through.

  • CPD Course: Allyship and Solidarity

    Lboro UCU branch has re-scheduled an online CPD workshop, open to all LU staff. Masters and PhD students at LU are also welcome to attend the session. The Allyship and Solidarity CPD workshop will now take place online on Tuesday 11th November from 12 noon – 1:30pm. Please come along and invite your colleagues (including those who may not be UCU members) to join us.

    “Allyship” has its roots firmly within the LGBT community and has more recently been a live discussion within the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. But how can real allies truly support each other? And how can we build that support into organisations that will help us realise the dreams of equality that we all yearn for.

    If you are fed up with seeing tokenistic gestures of solidarity on social media and want to explore what genuine and meaningful allyship looks like, at work and in your trade union, please join us.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are to:

    • Know what we mean by “allyship”
    • Understand why allyship and solidarity is essential now
    • Understand the difference between meaningful allyship and performative allyship
    • Explore how we can build structures that allow us to support each other.

    The taught sessions usually last for about 60 minutes, after which time we take 15-20 minutes to discuss the issues raised with a UCU official, depending on availability. The total time commitment will be around an hour and a half. The Allyship and solidarity workshops are designed to be more interactive than most in order to help you discuss the issues and to find new allies of your own.

    Sign up to the training here and please share this link with any other staff at Lboro who may be interested in coming along – https://cpd.web.ucu.org.uk/events/allyship-and-solidarity-loughborough-2/.

    Upon signing up you should receive an email including an outlook calendar invite and a link to join the session within 3 working days. If you have not received this within a week of signing up, please contact ucu@lboro.ac.uk and we will make sure it comes through.

  • UCU East Mids CPD: Saying No with Confidence

    UCU East Mids CPD: Saying No with Confidence

    This webinar has been developed to support members in taking a collective approach to push back on workloads.

    We will look at workplace culture and how we can change workplace practices by using Health & Safety Legislation to empower members to take a stand and say ‘no’, whilst maintaining professional standards.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are to:
    • identify assertiveness techniques and strategies for saying “no” at work
    • learn to use Health and Safety legislation to push back to protect us against workplace stress and health risks due to excessive workloads
    • understand the role of collective action in changing workplace culture through union campaigning

    The session will last for 60 minutes.

    To register please email eastmidlands@ucu.org.uk

  • CPD Course: Allyship and Solidarity

    CPD Course: Allyship and Solidarity

    Lboro UCU branch has re-scheduled an online CPD workshop, open to all LU staff. Masters and PhD students at LU are also welcome to attend the session. The Allyship and Solidarity CPD workshop will now take place online on Tuesday 11th November from 12 noon – 1:30pm. Please come along and invite your colleagues (including those who may not be UCU members) to join us.

    “Allyship” has its roots firmly within the LGBT community and has more recently been a live discussion within the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. But how can real allies truly support each other? And how can we build that support into organisations that will help us realise the dreams of equality that we all yearn for.

    If you are fed up with seeing tokenistic gestures of solidarity on social media and want to explore what genuine and meaningful allyship looks like, at work and in your trade union, please join us.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are to:

    • Know what we mean by “allyship”
    • Understand why allyship and solidarity is essential now
    • Understand the difference between meaningful allyship and performative allyship
    • Explore how we can build structures that allow us to support each other.

    The taught sessions usually last for about 60 minutes, after which time we take 15-20 minutes to discuss the issues raised with a UCU official, depending on availability. The total time commitment will be around an hour and a half. The Allyship and solidarity workshops are designed to be more interactive than most in order to help you discuss the issues and to find new allies of your own.

    Sign up to the training here and please share this link with any other staff at Lboro who may be interested in coming along – https://cpd.web.ucu.org.uk/events/allyship-and-solidarity-loughborough-2/.

    Upon signing up you should receive an email including an outlook calendar invite and a link to join the session within 3 working days. If you have not received this within a week of signing up, please contact ucu@lboro.ac.uk and we will make sure it comes through.

  • CPD Course: The Menopause is a Workplace Issue

    Lboro UCU branch has organised an online CPD workshop, open to all LU staff, whether or not you are personally affected. Masters and PhD students at LU are also welcome to attend the session. The Menopause is a Workplace Issue CPD workshop will take place online on Wednesday 20th August from 12 noon – 1:30pm. Please come along and invite your colleagues (including those who may not be UCU members) to join us.

    The menopause is a part of most womens’ lives and the lives of many trans men, non binary people, and members of intersex communities and marks the end of the reproductive cycle.

    It is estimated that between 75% and 80% of menopausal women are in work in the UK. UCU believes it is imperative that workplaces have a workable, informative and robust policy in place that is fully consistent with UK legislation, and that workers who require additional support during this time are treated with understanding, dignity and respect.

    We want to build solidarity and challenge the stigma of the menopause. This course will provide a safe space to discuss experiences and perceptions of the menopause, which will often differ in relation to disability, age, race, religion, sexual orientation or marital/civil partnership status.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are:

    • Understanding why the menopause is a workplace and a trade union issue
    • What are some of the challenges facing those with menopausal symptoms in the workplace?
    • Know why the menopause is an issue for the UCU
    • Exploring strategies to support members through the menopause in the workplace

    The taught sessions last for about 75 minutes, after which time we take 15-20 minutes to discuss the issues raised with a UCU official, depending on availability. The total time commitment will be around an hour and a half.

    Sign up to the training here and please share this link with any other staff at Lboro who may be interested in coming along – https://cpd.web.ucu.org.uk/events/the-menopause-is-a-workplace-issue-loughborough/.

    Upon signing up you should receive an email including an outlook calendar invite and a link to join the session within 3 working days. If you have not received this within a week of signing up, please contact ucu@lboro.ac.uk and we will make sure it comes through.

  • Challenging Excessive Workload in Education – CPD Training

    In order to tackle rising workloads and the resulting work-related stress that many members of staff are experiencing, we need to take a collective approach to pushing back on excessive workload.

    Lboro UCU branch has organised an online CPD workshop, open to all LU staff, which will help staff with the tools to take a collective approach and push back on excessive workload. Masters and PhD students at LU are also welcome to attend the session.

    The CPD course will take place online on Wednesday 4th June from 12:30 – 2pm. Please come along and invite your colleagues (including those who may not be UCU members) to join us.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are to:

    • identify why excessive workload is so damaging to education and staff
    • Identify collective responses to tackling excessive workloads
    • Develop an understanding of workload as a health and safety issue
    • Make members aware of the UCU campaign on workload and how they can contribute

    Sign up to the training here and please share this link with any other staff at Lboro who may be interested in coming along – https://cpd.web.ucu.org.uk/events/challenging-excessive-workload-in-education-loughborough/

  • Decarbonise & Decolonise CPD Training (Rescheduled)

    Lboro UCU branch has re-organised the CPD workshop, open to all LU staff, which will introduce participants to the interconnectivity of the Decarbonise and Decolonise agendas and identify opportunities to take action. Masters and PhD students at LU are also welcome to attend the session.

    The CPD course will now take place online on 5th February from 12:30 – 2pm. Please come along and invite your colleagues (including those who may not be UCU members) to join us. This can be used as evidence of training, and some staff might also find the workshop helpful for feeding into their PDR EDI Performance Objectives.

    The workshop will give an overview of climate justice, and how this links to the concepts of ‘decolonising’ and ‘decarbonising’ as the structural and systemic roots of the human-induced climate crisis. We will explore examples of climate injustice, and how this often intersects with issues like race, gender, class and indigeneity.

    We will also look at examples of when sustainability actions and initiatives have not taken an intersectional approach, with discussions on how we can avoid this in education to create sustainability activities that recognise and work to challenge the harmful legacies of colonialism and imperialism.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are to:

    • provide an introductory understanding of climate justice and its connection with decolonising and decarbonising
    • support participants to identify opportunities to apply decolonising and decarbonising for climate justice to the education sector
    • encourage participants to develop their own practice to consider climate justice and intersectionality
    • explore the role of UCU branches and members in mobilising action for decolonising and decarbonising.

    Sign up to the training here and please share this link with any other staff at Lboro who may be interested in coming along – https://cpd.web.ucu.org.uk/events/ucu-decarbonise-and-decolonise-loughborough-2/

  • Decarbonise & Decolonise CPD Training

    Lboro UCU branch has organised a CPD workshop, open to all LU staff, which will introduce participants to the interconnectivity of the Decarbonise and Decolonise agendas and identify opportunities to take action.

    The CPD course will take place online on 11th December from 12:30 – 2pm. Please come along and invite your colleagues (including those who may not be UCU members) to join us.

    This can be used as evidence of training, and some staff might also find the workshop helpful for feeding into their PDR EDI Performance Objectives.

    The workshop will give an overview of climate justice, and how this links to the concepts of ‘decolonising’ and ‘decarbonising’ as the structural and systemic roots of the human-induced climate crisis. We will explore examples of climate injustice, and how this often intersects with issues like race, gender, class and indigeneity.

    We will also look at examples of when sustainability actions and initiatives have not taken an intersectional approach, with discussions on how we can avoid this in education to create sustainability activities that recognise and work to challenge the harmful legacies of colonialism and imperialism.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are to:

    • provide an introductory understanding of climate justice and its connection with decolonising and decarbonising
    • support participants to identify opportunities to apply decolonising and decarbonising for climate justice to the education sector
    • encourage participants to develop their own practice to consider climate justice and intersectionality
    • explore the role of UCU branches and members in mobilising action for decolonising and decarbonising.

    Sign up to the training here and please share this link with any other staff at Lboro who may be interested in coming along – https://cpd.web.ucu.org.uk/events/ucu-decarbonise-and-decolonise-loughborough/