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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.

  • 22 April 2016

    UCU has written to the Turkish authorities to protest about the detention of four Turkish academics for signing the Academics for Peace appeal. Members are encouraged…

  • 18 January 2016

    UCU has written to the Turkish government about threats to academic freedom and the safety and well-being of students in the Kurdish region. The letter says that…

  • 10 June 2012

    A number of motions on international issues were passed at UCU Congress held in June 2012. These included motions about Venezuela, Greece, Burma, Colombia and Canada.…