Branch Summer Rota 2026
Please see below for rep availability for this summer. If you require advice or a rep, please get in touch with one of the named reps for the week.
| Week beginning | Name |
| 1/6 | Adrian Priest
Karin Dannehl |
| 8/6 | Lisa Burbidge-Brown
Karin Dannehl |
| 15/6 | Aidan Byrne
Karin Dannehl |
| 22/6 | Aidan Byrne
Sam Pryke |
| 29/6 | Adrian Priest
Metka Potocnik |
| 6/7 | Aidan Byrne
Paul Barrow |
| 13/7 | Metka Potocnik
Sam Pryke |
| 20/7 | Metka Potocnik
Ahecia Taylor |
| 27/7 | Laura Ugolini
Paul Barrow |
| 3/8 | Paul Barrow
Ahecia Taylor |
| 10/8 | Lisa Burbidge-Brown
Ahecia Taylor |
| 17/8 | Karin Dannehl
Matthew Murphy |
| 24/8 | Laura Ugolini
Matthew Murphy |
| 31/8 | Matthew Murphy
Paul Barrow |
| 7/9 | Adrian Priest
Paul Barrow |
UCU is the recognised trade union for academics, visiting lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working at the University of Wolverhampton
UCU’s national website, where you can also join UCU
If you are already a UCU member joining the university please transfer to this UCU branch by updating your membership records
Know your Officers and Reps
If you need advice, please contact a local faculty rep (see below) in the first instance, or our Casework Co-ordinator Aidan Byrne if you need a caseworker urgently
Please get in touch with the branch membership secretary (see below) if you are not receiving local branch emails. It is also possible to update your membership centrally by registering for the union’s eServices
Faculty of Arts, Business & Social Science reps:
Aidan Byrne
Lisa Burbidge-Brown
Daisy Black
Laura Ugolini
Sam Pryke
Metka Potocnik
Kai Ma
Ahecia Taylor
Faculty of Science & Engineering reps:
Phylomena Badsey
Lynda Birch
Sherin Nassa
Andrew Gascoyne
Anthony Hatfield
Adrian Priest
James Vickers
Janine Fletcher
Paul Barrow
Faculty of Education, Health & Well-Being reps:
Matthew Murphy (City)
Wolverhampton UCU Branch Officers and Branch Committee postholders:
Branch Chair: Paul Barrow (FSE)
Branch Vice-Chair: Lisa Burbidge-Brown (FABSS)
Branch Secretary: Karin Dannehl (FABSS)
Casework Co-ordinator: Aidan Byrne (FABSS)
Membership Secretary: Lisa Burbidge-Brown (FABSS)
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Metka Potocnik (FABSS)
Anti-casualisation: Kieran Bott
Disability and Enabling: Lucy Poole (DSAS)
Academic-Related: Lucy Poole (DSAS)
Treasurer: Aidan Byrne (FABSS)
Health and Safety: Adrian Priest (FSE)
Chair of Negotiating Committee: Vacant
Contact Wolverhampton University UCU at UCU@wlv.ac.uk