Category: Health & Safety

  • UCU Rising Campaign – Ballot Closes October 21st

    3 weeks ago my #UCURising campaign poster was removed from our staff noticeboard. It must have taken some effort as it was firmly affixed with sticky tape. I’m curious as to why someone would deliberately remove it and leave all…

    UCU Rising Campaign – Ballot Closes October 21st

  • Evidence summary to inform safe return to campus in the context of COVID-19

    Colleagues in Oxford and Leeds have collated a short briefing consolidating the evidence base on safe return to on-site working. This briefing emphasises that key to effective prevention of COVID-19 is acknowledgement of its predominantly airborne mode of transmission. This…

  • Return to site — were we consulted?

    By David Chivall On 7th September 2020 there were 15 deaths from covid-19 in the UK, 3,857 new cases of the disease and no vaccine had yet made it out of clinical trials. On the same day the Vice-Chancellor announced…

  • UCU Survey about Return to On-site Working

    In mid-September many of you responded to a survey circulated by Oxford UCU on the University’s new policy that “staff are expected to resume on-site working”. The survey had a great response, with 346 people completing it in just 4 days. Your feedback…

  • Oxford UCU position on face-to-face teaching

    With over 14,000 staff and over 24,000 students, the University of Oxford is a place of work and study for a quarter of the population of Oxford. Hence, safe on-site working and studying is a public health concern. Substantial teaching…