UCU has called on colleges throughout England to start serious talks about implementing a crucial pay deal that was designed to dramatically narrow the earnings gap between lecturers and schoolteachers.
Ever increasing bureaucracy is putting enormous pressure on higher education staff, UCU said today in response to a report on the academic experience of students.
UCU joint general secretary, Paul Mackney, today told a rally of thousands of students from across the UK that lecturers fully back their call for an abolition of all university fees.
The joint general secretary of UCU, Sally Hunt, will today tell academics at Reading University that the planned closure of the university's award-winning physics department makes a mockery of any long-term strategy the UK has for science.
UCU has questioned if the Learning and Skills Council consulted the Health and Safety Commission before announcing that it will withdraw funding from vital health and safety courses.
UCU is concerned about courses cuts for older learners, job losses, and worsening pay and conditions, after a second proposed restructuring has been announced at Leicester City Council's Adult Learning and Skills Service.
UCU is concerned by today's announcement from the Learning and Skills Council that many people requiring basic English courses, including many asylum-seekers, will be charged fees.
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