2025 AGM Motions Passed

The LSE UCU has passed six motions at its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Motion 1: Reclaiming School governance

Calls for restoring democratic, transparent, and representative governance at LSE by reinstating staff and student seats on Council and protecting Academic Board oversight. Read the motion (PDF).

Motion 2: Protecting job and academic freedom for Research and Policy Staff

Seeks to end precarity and safeguard academic freedom by ensuring permanent contracts and full Academic Annex protections for Research and Policy Staff. Read the motion (PDF).

Motion 3: Building pathways to permanence for fixed-term staff

Demands clear redeployment and permanence pathways for all fixed-term and “open-ended subject to funding” staff to combat casualisation and promote job security. Read the motion (PDF).

Motion 4: Fair deal on redundancy pay for all staff

Urges LSE to equalise and enhance redundancy pay across all staff categories, ensuring fair treatment when redundancies are unavoidable. Read the motion (PDF).

Motion 5: Supporting trans rights and promoting trans inclusion following For Women Scotland

Affirms support for trans and non-binary rights, opposing the 2025 Supreme Court ruling restricting legal recognition and calling on LSE to maintain trans-inclusive policies and facilities. Read the motion (PDF).

Motion 6: Endorsing this year’s edition of the ‘Assets in Apartheid’ report and reaffirming support for divestment

Endorses the updated divestment report on LSE’s investments linked to Israeli apartheid, arms, and fossil fuels, and calls on the School to adopt ethical investment policies. Read the motion (PDF).