Lancaster University & College Union
UCU represents academic and academic-related staff employed by Lancaster University to negotiate in many areas of everyday working life.
Membership includes professors,lecturers, research staff, experimental officers, administrative, library and computing staff; full-time, part-time and hourly-paid; permanent and fixed-term contract.
Join UCU online using this link or
Call: 0333 207 0719 to join.
UCU Extraordinary General Meeting - Wednesday 26 November 2025 at 1.00pm
All members are invited to attend the Lancaster UCU Extraordinary General Meeting which will take place online on Wednesday 26 November 2025 at 1.00pm. Please check your emails for details.
Lancaster University - Industrial Action - Update
***Following the employer's announcement on 19 November 2025 that it was withdrawing the compulsory redundancies for academic staff for the current financial year, we have called off ASOS and the strike days which were planned for 27 and 28 November. However, significant work remains to be done to secure our jobs so the same situation does not occur next year.****
How to donate to the Local Strike Fund
- Via the peoples fundraising website at: https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/lancaster-ucu-hardship-fund
- By bank transfer:
Account Name: UCU Lancaster LA28 Hardship fund
Bank: Unity Trust Bank
Account number: 20391197
Sort Code: 60‐83‐01
How to claim from the Local Strike Fund
If you would like to make a confidential enquiry about the fund, please contact the Branch Treasurer - Dr Michele Luxon (email: m.luxon@lancaster.ac.uk). Please note, Full membership of UCU is required in order to claim (although there is no requirement to have been a full member for a certain time), plus evidence of salary loss and strike participation.
- Hardship Fund Details (November 2025) - Click Here (pdf)
Latest UCU Branch Newsletter - Keeping you informed
National UCU Newsletters - Keeping you informed
Follow the link below to access the national UCU newsletters.
The Local branch rules (approved 27 April 2021 at the Lancaster UCU General Meeting) can be downloaded and read in two formats.
- Local Rules (2021) in Word format.
- Local Rules (2021) in pdf format.
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