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- Employers 'too cowardly' to stand up for education, Jo Grady says Speaking at the union's annual congress, held online due to Covid, UCU general secretary Jo Grady paid tribute to members for standing up for education and criticised employers who 'care more about business than they do the business of education'.
- University College Birmingham under fire for plans to sack 73 staff University College Birmingham was criticised for trying to axe 73 senior lecturers whilst trying to hire 42 new staff on cheaper contracts according to plans released to staff. UCU said the university is leaving itself open to legal action.
- Liverpool Deputy VC Louise Kenny set to make millions from sale of mansion whilst laying off dozens of staff
- Employers failing to come clean over pension proposals to cut defined benefits UCU has accused employers' representative Universities UK (UUK) of failing to come clean over the true impact of its Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension proposals, saying that they would devastate the finances of university staff, especially workers at the start of their career, and risk collapsing the scheme entirely.
- Part-time students 'locked out' of university education, says UCU UCU says that the student loans system has had a disastrous impact on part-time study leaving many potential students who can't study full time effectively locked out of higher education.
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