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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15 March 2019
As part of our ongoing solidarity work, UCU has written to the Turkish authorities to condemn the fifteen month jail sentence given to Professor Füsun Üstel, a…
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13 July 2018
Dr Hanifi Bariş, a University of Aberdeen PhD graduate, was arrested in Istanbul on 4 July, for criticising the Turkish government.
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19 January 2018
A new letter template is now available for branches to write to their local management.
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31 October 2017
UCU has produced a campaign briefing on academic freedom in Turkey. The briefing provides an overview of recent attacks on academic freedom, UCU's response and…
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27 September 2017
In response to further attacks on academics and journalists in Turkey, UCU has written to the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office calling for them to take a stronger…
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