Over the last three days, you've been voting for what stance the Students' Union should adopt towards the current UCU industrial action. The votes have been counted, and the results are in.
Over the last three days, you've been voting for what stance the Students' Union should adopt towards the current UCU industrial action.
This 'preferendum' was called by the Officer Group for students at Royal Holloway to collectively decide the Students’ Union’s position on the current UCU industrial action.
The preferendum vote closed today at 2pm with 259 eligible student votes counted. The preferendum was conducted via alternative vote allowing you to rank your preference, and the results were as follows:
a. To support UCU’s current industrial action and its stance in its entirety, up to and including any further strike action – 176 votes (68%)
b. To support UCU’s current stance regarding ‘action short of a strike’, but reject the decision for wholesale strikes – 45 votes (17%)
c. To reject UCU’s current industrial action and its stance in its entirety – 38 votes (15%)
Option 'a' reached quorum in round one; therefore the Students’ Union will be adopting option 'a' and supporting the UCU's current industrial action and its stance in its entirety, up to and including any further strike action.
The Officer Group will be meeting to discuss our next steps, so watch this space soon for further information. In the meantime, check out our past articles below that explain who UCU are, and why they have balloted for industrial action: