Welcome to The Open University Branch of the University and College Union's website (OUBUCU)

About the branch

If you are employed in an Academic (including Associate Lecturer), Academic-Related, Research or Research Student role by the Open University, or by the Open College of the Arts in any role, then UCU is the Union for YOU.

If you have a problem at work, then our trained caseworkers can support you - view our get help page. 

If you want to co-operate with colleagues, organising for change, see our Reps page or our Working Groups page.

The University and College Union (UCU) represents over 110,000 academics, lecturers, trainers, instructors, researchers, managers, administrators, computer staff, librarians and postgraduates in universities, colleges, prisons, adult education and training organisations across the UK. To learn more about our work across the UK, visit the UCU website. 

To join UCU, or learn about our work at the Open University, visit our Membership page.