Recent motions passed by UCU Bath branch and progress on resolutions:
- March 3rd 2026: Transparency (UCU Congress motion)
- March 3rd 2026: Building the SoS Campaign: A Dispute with the Secretary of State for Education over Higher Education Funding
- March 3rd 2026: UCU Branch response to VC’s directive to lower postgraduate entry requirements
- October 30th 2025: Solidarity with UCU Branches in Dispute
- October 30th 2025: Protecting Jobs, Disciplines and Services
- February 27th 2025: Transparency (UCU Congress Rule Change)
- The motion was lost at UCU Congress 2025 and has been resubmitted for Congress 2026.
- February 27th 2025: Funding crisis: run Higher Education as a public service (HESC Motion)
- October 25th 2024: Membership Support Fund
- May 7th 2024: Local Rules Amendment
- We implemented the rule changes and now use the updated version of our local rules.
- May 7th 2024: Resist the wave of cuts in HE
- March 12th 2024: Guidance to Branches on Free Speech and Academic Freedom (UCU Congress Motion)
- The motion was remitted at UCU Congress 2024.
- January 26th 2024: Anti-casualisation
- January 26th 2024: Reject the proposal to cut 40 firefighter posts from Avon Fire and Rescue Service (AFRS)
- January 26th 2024: End the Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Support Palestinian Rights, Oppose Antisemitism, Islamophobia and all Racism; and Protect Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression and Oppose all Racism
- We donated £1,000 to Medical Aid for Palestinians, organised a number of events around the Gaza war, and continue to support efforts to call for a ceasefire and for the UK government to stop selling arms to Israel.
- October 20th 2023: Motion Passed to Support Professor Hakim Adi, Save the MRes in the History of Africa and the African Diaspora at the University of Chichester
- We signed the petition against the axing of the MRes course that Prof. Adi teaches, donated £250 to the defence fund for the MRes, and requested that the UCU legal team support Prof. Adi’s case against unfair dismissal on the basis of its significance for racial justice in UKHE.
- October 21st 2021: Motion Submitted by Bath UCU Branch Committee