April 2010

• Manchester College bosses slammed over huge pay rise as staff face the axe
  30 April 2010

  UCU today slammed Manchester College after it was revealed that it is paying its top earner almost £200,000. Figures seen by UCU show that the top earner in 2008 was earning between £170,000 and £180,000. A year later the top earner was on £193,970.
• Staff at Bradford College vote to go on strike
  30 April 2010

  Members of UCU at Bradford College have today voted in favour of both strike action and action short of a strike in their fights to save jobs.
• Plumber students to join staff on picket lines at Hackney Community College
  30 April 2010

  Staff will be joined by students dressed as plumbers on picket lines outside Hackney Community College on 5 May in protest at the college's decision to close over two-thirds of its oversubscribed plumbing department.
• Lecturers union fears end of an era at Coleg Harlech
  28 April 2010

  UCU has today warned of the end of an era at Coleg Harlech after the decision by the assembly government to back the recommendations of a controversial report.
• Protests at Dundee University ahead of job axe vote
  26 April 2010

  Members of UCU will protest at Dundee University on 26 April in a row over job cuts.
• London to be hit by strikes at universities and colleges on 5 May
  23 April 2010

  Education in London could be hit with widespread disruption on Wednesday 5 May as members of UCU take industrial action over massive funding cuts that are threatening jobs across the capital.
• University of Sussex to be hit by second round of strikes
  23 April 2010

  UCU today warned the University of Sussex that it will face a second round of strike action on Wednesday 5 May if it pushes ahead with controversial plans for over 100 compulsory redundancies.
• Protests at Southgate College in jobs fight
  23 April 2010

  Members of UCU at Southgate College will be demonstrating at a lunchtime protest on Tuesday 27 April against plans to axe 60 jobs. The 1pm event has been organised after shocked staff were hit with the news of job losses as they broke up for the Easter holidays.
• Bristol protests against education cuts
  23 April 2010

  Teachers and students will march through Bristol tomorrow, 24 April, in protest against course closures and job cuts at the Beacon Centre.
• College heads' pay rockets by 56% in eight years
  23 April 2010

  Principals' pay increased seven times more than lecturers in last year alone