May 2009

• High cost of education in tough times rations hope, says UCU general secretary in keynote speech
  29 May 2009

  Government and failing financial systems slammed as general secretary sets out union's plans for the next general election.
• UCU calls on government to halt education cuts
  27 May 2009

  UCU today called on the government to protect jobs in further and higher education.
• UCU accuses government of misleading public over London Met inquiry shambles
  22 May 2009

  UCU has accused the government of misleading the public and shirking its responsibility over its refusal to have a full independent inquiry into the financial mess at London's biggest university.
• Higher education unions reject employers' offer on pay and jobs
  20 May 2009

  The higher education unions - UCU, EIS, GMB, UNISON and Unite - have unanimously rejected a 'derisory' pay offer from the national employers of just 0.4%.
• Staff strike at Croydon College in pay row
  20 May 2009

  Croydon College will be brought to a standstill on 20 May in a row over its failure to honour a pay deal agreed over four years ago.
• UCU responds to appointment of new London Met vice-chancellor
  19 May 2009

  London Metropolitan University (LMU) has today appointed Alfred Morris as its new interim vice-chancellor. The news comes as MPs prepare to press the government to investigate the institution's failings.
• UCU responds to rising number of student complaints
  19 May 2009

  The number of complaints lodged by students against their universities increased by 23 per cent in 2008 from the previous year, according to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator's annual report.
• Strike threat at Birmingham job cut college
  15 May 2009

  City College Birmingham could be brought to a grinding halt as staff are gearing up for strike action in their campaign to save 74 jobs.
• Plans to axe Liverpool University departments are shelved
  15 May 2009

  Plans to axe the philosophy, politics and communications and statistics departments at Liverpool University have been dropped after protests from lecturers and students in the city.
• Protests at planned university job cuts
  15 May 2009

  Members of UCU at Cardiff University will today demonstrate at Cardiff University over plans to axe 140 jobs and cut 250 courses at the institution's Centre for Lifelong Learning.