University of Lincoln UCU
Your union at Lincoln
University of Lincoln UCU represents academic and academic-related staff across the University.
We bring colleagues together to improve working conditions, defend members’ interests and give staff a collective voice in decisions affecting our working lives.
Our priorities
Our work focuses on the issues that shape working life at Lincoln. Members’ experiences and concerns help guide what we take forward.
- Job security
- Fair workloads
- Pay & conditions
- Equality
- Academic freedom
- Staff voice
What your local branch does
From individual workplace concerns to decisions affecting colleagues across the University, we work together to represent members and pursue improvements.
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Represent
Support members with workplace issues, meetings and casework, helping them put forward their concerns and have their voice heard.
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Negotiate
Represent staff in discussions with University management on pay and conditions, workload, policies and organisational change.
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Campaign
Organise collectively on issues affecting staff at Lincoln and across higher education, turning shared concerns into coordinated action.
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Advocate
Press for staff perspectives to inform University decisions, and make the case for equality, academic freedom and fair treatment.
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Support
Connect members with local representatives, union advice and wider UCU resources, helping them find an appropriate next step.
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Build community
Bring colleagues together across schools, departments and professional areas to share experience, strengthen connections and act together.
UCU nationally, Lincoln locally
One union. Local representation. National strength.
Lincoln UCU is a local branch of the University and College Union, a trade union representing staff across further and higher education in the UK.
National UCU brings members together on shared issues across the sector. At Lincoln, our branch represents members on the policies, decisions and workplace concerns that affect colleagues here, with support from the wider union.
Get involved
The branch is its members.
Whether you want advice, want to raise an issue, attend a meeting, become a representative or simply find out more, there are many ways to get involved.
Start with a conversation. Your experience and ideas can help shape what we do next.