Email sent to members on Friday 24th April 2026. Zoom link removed.
Dear member,
I am writing to you with some more information about next week’s Annual General Meeting (on May 1st – International Workers’ Day) and the ZOOM link. Given how much is going on at the moment, the AGM will be a slightly longer meeting than usual and will take place between 1 to 2.30 pm. We will use the second half of the meeting to discuss our ongoing dispute (thank you again for your votes, link to our press release below), update you on the meetings held, the current strategies we are employing, the future ideas from you, in order to stop the proposed Future Nottingham 2 which will lead to implosion of our university and further heart ache, let alone the unnecessary loss of livelihoods.
The AGM is the occasion to declare the election results of Executive Officers and Officers (and ordinary members of branch committee) for the next academic year and obtain member approval. I’m pleased to announce that nominations (and seconders) were received for all the roles that needed to be filled for the academic year 2026/2027 . I was informed by our Secretary that there were no more than one nominee per role (aside from shared roles) and thus no ballots have been necessary. We also thank Dr Robin Vandome for acting as independent Scrutineer and Election Officer. A full list of nominees and positions can be found below the agenda. As you know, these new positions will not be taken up immediately, with current roles remaining until the new academic year starts.
AGM Agenda – Friday 1st May 1.00 – 2.30
- Welcome and introduction (Lopa Leach – President)
- Branch Committee membership 2026/27 (Nick Clare – Secretary)
- President’s report on 2025/26 (Lopa Leach – President)
- Treasurer’s report on 2025/26 (Tony Padilla – Treasurer)
- Discussion of our dispute
- Any Other Business
Nominees for UoN UCU Branch Committee
The following nominations have been received for positions on the UoN UCU Branch Committee to serve during the upcoming 2026/27 academic year:
Officers:
President: Nick Clare
Vice President: Andreas Bieler (S1); Mel Bhend (S2) (S: semester)
Secretary: Andrew Renault
Equalities and Workload: Jenny Elliott
Past President: Lopa Leach
Treasurer: Tony Padilla
Membership Secretary & rep organiser: Will Paterson and Ella Guerin
Casework coordinator & Policy Review Lead: Onni Gust
Casework (and Health & Safety): Cyril Rauch
Health & Safety: Andrew Jackson
Workload Officer and Rep: Mel Bhend (S1)
APM Officer: Andrew Armstrong
Equalities Officer: Lisa Rull
Communications Officer: Will Paterson
Social Media Officer: Peter Woods
Green Officer: Alan Barker
Ordinary members without portfolio:
Cecilia Testa
Marta Aloi
Peter Rutherford
Nabil Fadai
Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins
In solidarity now and always.
Yours,
Lopa
PS. The press release:
https://uonucu.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Ballot-April-2026-Press-Release.docx.pdf