UCU’s Eastern & Home Counties Region (EHCR) covers all Branches and Local Associations in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
As well as foster solidarity across UCU regional branches and sectors, the EHCR Regional Committee is also one of the ways that Branches can participate in the democratic structures of UCU as it has entitlement to send delegates and motions to Congress that form UCU National Policy. The RC can also nominate to send delegates and motions to Regional TUCs and other appropriate regional bodies.
All Branches are entitled to nominate at least one voting delegate per 100 UCU members (or part thereof) and bring along any observers who would be welcome to take part. Note- delegates to the RC can be any member nominated by the branch and do not have to be a branch exec. member.
The Eastern & Home Counties Regional Committee meets at least once a term and is the Lay member committee for this region. We call these Regional Committee Meetings. Each Branch is entitled to send a delegate. Travel expenses are reimbursed for any face to face meetings but at present we hold our meetings on Teams . See the Regional Committee Meetings tab for further information on our next meeting.
Each Regional Committee has an executive. Current serving officers for EHCR are-
EXEC FOR 24-25 –
Chair: Mark Walmsley – UEA – m.walmsley@uea.ac.uk
Vice Chair : Erica Horton Norwich Uni of the Arts – e.horton@norwichuni.ac.uk ( to be ratified at first 24-25 meeting )
Secretary: Averil Young – West Suffolk College – averil.young@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk ( to be ratified at first 24-25 meeting )
Training & Recruitment : TBC Vacant
Treasurer : Joe Gluza ( University of Cambridge) jlg1@cam.ac.uk
H&S : Vacant
Equality : Vacant
The Eastern & Home Counties Region and its Branches are also supported by a team of staff officials and admin support based at Carlow St. HQ that are led by Lydia Richards – they can be contacted via