UCUE Branch Committee 2026-2027

The UCU Edinburgh Committee is the representative body responsible for conducting the day-to-day business of the branch and is elected from the branch membership at our Annual General Meeting (AGM). All UCU Edinburgh members are eligible to join the Committee! It can have up to 24 seats, with a mixture of Officer, Representative and Ordinary roles.

The representatives listed below are in post from 1 September 2026 until 31 August 2027. We still have two vacancies to be filled for 2026-27: ARPS Officer and Ordinary Member. If you are interested in serving as ARPS Officer (individually or as a job share) or becoming an ordinary committee member, we’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with any Committee member or contact the UCU Edinburgh branch office. The Committee should represent as broad and inclusive a spectrum of membership as possible, and we are especially eager to strengthen representation of Professional Services, PGRs, and casualised staff.

 

Officers

Co-Presidents: Cécile Menard and Lena Wånggren (email)

Co-Vice Presidents: Marion Lieutaud and Courtney Stafford-Walter (email)

Co-Secretaries:‍ Grant Buttars and Nik Matheou (email)

Treasurer: Charlotte Desvages (email)

Co-Membership Secretaries: Ben Goddard and Kate Mathis (email)

Equality Officer: Gina Gwenffrewi (email)

Communications Officer: Kate Davison (email)

Casework Coordinators: Kathryn Nash and Mohan Sridharan (email)

Academic-Related Professional Staff (ARPS) Officer: vacant position*

Anti-Casualisation Officer: Andrew Bates

Special representatives

Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME): Zeerak Talat

Disabilities: Sophie Duncan-Shepherd

Green: Freddy Fossey-Warren

Health & Safety: Glen Cousquer

LGBTQ+: Tom Wadsworth

Migrant members: Hana Sleiman

Pensions: Pieter Blue

Postgraduate Research Students (PGR): Mark Slater

Women: Charlotte Bosseaux (email)

Union nominee to University Court: Kathryn Nash

Ordinary committee members

Ordinary Member 1: Jacob Bard-Rosenburg

Ordinary Member 2: Owen Holland

Ordinary Member 3: Eddie Martin

Ordinary Member 4: vacant position*

 

Delegates from the UCUE Committee also represent our members in dispute negotiations, and several other university and cross-union bodies.

Dispute Negotiation Team (local)

Elected from within the UCUE Committee to represent members’ wishes to university management in the current industrial dispute.

  • Lena Wanggren

  • Cecile Menard

  • Nik Matheou

  • Mohan Sridhavan

  • Kate Davison

  • Ben Goddard

Joint Union Liaison Committee (JULC)

Meets fortnightly; facilitates joint work between the three recognised trade unions at the University of Edinburgh - UCU, UNISON and Unite.

  • tbc

  • tbc

  • tbc

  • tbc

  • tbc

  • tbc

Consultation and Negotiating Committee (JCNC)

Meets quarterly; the University of Edinburgh’s formal collective bargaining forum for negotiation and consultation between university management and UCU.

  • Andrew Bates

  • Cecile Menard

  • Courtney Stafford Walter

  • Mark Slater

Combined Consultation and Negotiating Committee (CJCNC)

Meets quarterly; the University of Edinburgh’s formal collective bargaining forum for negotiation and consultation between university management and all three trade unions - UCU, UNISON and Unite.

  • Cecile Menard

  • Courtney Stafford Walter

  • Hana Sleiman

  • Lena Wanggren

Policy Consultation Forum

Meets monthly; the University of Edinburgh’s formal consultation forum on proposed changes to employment and other policies affecting staff working conditions.

  • Charlotte Desvages

  • Gina Gwenffrewi

  • Sophie Duncan Shepherd

  • Tom Wadsworth