July 2010

• UCU slams plans for university fees in budget review recommendations
  29 July 2010

  UCU slammed plans in the Independent Budget Review to reintroduce university tuition fees in Scotland. The union said the review, which also recommended 60,000 jobs be axed and a public sector pay freeze, had gone beyond its remit.
• Academy warns government to drop plans for private universities
  26 July 2010

  UCU today (Monday) warned the government that encouraging the growth of private universities would damage the UK's international reputation and invite serious questions about standards.
• Uproar as employers block referendum on universities' pension fund changes
  23 July 2010

  Members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) will be denied the opportunity to vote on changes to their pension scheme after the employers' representatives rejected calls for a ballot of all affected members at a board of trustees meeting last night.
• Further university funding cuts will damage country, warns UCU
  22 July 2010

  UCU said the timing of an £82m cut, announced today by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as part of its revised grant awards made a mockery of government calls for universities to exercise sensible financial strategies.
• UCU responds to minister's speech on plans for further education colleges
  22 July 2010

  Responding to a speech by the further education minister, John Hayes, UCU today said the government had to ensure that colleges' vital work in all areas of the country was allowed to continue.
• Renowned specialist adult learning unit under threat
  21 July 2010

  Staff and students at London South Bank University (LSBU) are leading protests against plans to close a specialist adult education unit at the university
• UCL under increasing pressure to pay staff living wage
  16 July 2010

  Staff at the University College London (UCL) have put pressure on the Provost, Michael Grant, as part of their campaign to get cleaning, catering and security staff at the university paid the London Living Wage of £7.85 an hour.
• Ballot of all pension scheme members essential if consultation process to have any legitimacy, says UCU
  16 July 2010

  UCU today said a ballot of all members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) was required if the forthcoming consultation process was to have any legitimacy.
• Budget cuts will cost 34,000 college jobs
  16 July 2010

  If the government pushes ahead with plans for 25% funding cuts then there would be a loss of 33,844 jobs in English colleges, according to new figures released today by the UCU.
• UCU reacts to latest UCAS figures
  16 July 2010

  UCU today said that funding cuts to higher education would create a 'lost generation' of learners. Responding to UCAS figures published today, the union warned that at least 170,000 applicants will miss out on a university place this year.