June 2010

• Independent university fees review chief, Lord Browne, should resign after becoming government's lead non-executive director
  30 June 2010

  UCU today said Lord Browne should resign from the review into the future of university funding if the process was to have legitimacy. It was announced today that Lord Browne is to become the government's lead non-executive director.
• UCU warns Sandwell College over swingeing job cuts
  30 June 2010

  UCU today warned Sandwell College that it could face industrial action if it goes ahead with controversial plans for swingeing job cuts. Staff have been informed that 93 posts will be axed as the college looks to make redundancies for the fifth year in a row.
• Education key if government's plans to cut reoffending are to have any chance of success
  30 June 2010

  Prisoners without access to education are three times more likely to reoffend • Over half of crime in this country is committed by people who have been to prison
• Staff strike at Manchester College in row over contracts
  29 June 2010

  Members of UCU at Manchester College will be on strike tomorrow in a row over terms and conditions.
• Staffordshire University withdraws threat over pay
  25 June 2010

  UCU today welcomed the announcement by Staffordshire University that it will cancel plans to withdraw the university out of national pay bargaining.
• Five questions employers must answer in university pensions row
  25 June 2010

  The row over university pensions looks set to intensify after UCU today demanded the employers come straight on five key questions raised by its members regarding proposals to introduce different levels of pension benefits within the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the second largest private pension scheme in the UK.
• Another universities u-turn as Vince Cable announces cuts to funding for students
  25 June 2010

  UCU today said the removal of funding for student places at university was exactly the wrong move for the country at exactly the wrong time.
• Fear for students' graduations at University of Westminster as industrial action starts to bite
  25 June 2010

  There are fears that students at the University of Westminster will not graduate this summer because of marks being held back by lecturers in a row over job losses.
• Strike on at Manchester College
  23 June 2010

  UCU calls for urgent talks to avoid widespread disruption
• Glasgow University rules out compulsory redundancies after protest
  22 June 2010

  UCU has welcomed the announcement that Glasgow University has ruled out compulsory redundancies.