5 February 2026 12:00pm–1:00pm
The Forum, Elmer Square, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1NS
The University of Essex wants to throw 400 people out of work to deal with a financial crisis of its own making.
It wants to shut down the whole campus at Southend, causing misery for the city and its students.
But staff refuse to take it. UNISON members are organising protests at Southend and Colchester to say: Stop the cuts!
Join them to tell university bosses not to be so reckless.
New UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan will make her first trip to the Eastern region for the rally, speaking alongside UCU general secretary Jo Grady.