Consultation and Use of Online Surveys
The union has been criticised for its use of e-surveys when determining policy. Such a survey was used for the General Secretary’s proposal to Congress in 2012 that the size of the National Executive Committee be reduced from 70 members to a maximum of 40, to save money on expenses. E-surveys were challenged at Congress on the grounds that they ‘encourage people to vote without hearing the debates first’. In its recent campaign against compulsory membership of the Institute for Learning (IfL) UCU came under criticism for this an online survey which, it transpired, was open to the general public and could be completed by non-members without any membership validation. Former deputy chief executive of the IfL, Lee Davies, called this 'slapdash' and said that it 'undermined the union as a democratic voice, especially given a low response rate’.
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