Global dispatches
UCU has a strong tradition of taking up issues at international and European level where they affect members' professional lives, and also working with partner organisations on solidarity and international development issues identified by the membership through UCU's democratic structures.
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13 January 2014
The University and College Union (UCU) condemns the recent arrest of Francisco Toloza, a member of the national leadership and the head of international relations…
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7 October 2013
UCU writes to Dr Ignacio Mantilla, Rector of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, asking him to defend the principles of university autonomy and academic freedom…
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30 September 2013
Protest against the imprisonment of Colombian union leader Please sign this Change.org petition calling for the Colombian authorities to release imprisoned union…
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31 May 2013
A number of motions on international issues were passed at UCU Congress held in May 2013. These included motions about Bahrain, India, Bangladesh and Colombia,…
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17 December 2012
Dr Renan Vega, an academic at the National Pedagogic University of Colombia, was forced to flee his country in August this year, as a result of false accusations…
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