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16 April 2026
The shocking announcement to cut 450 jobs at Ulster University is unprecedented and represents a direct threat to the quality of education, respect for staff, desires…
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15 April 2026
The University and College Union (UCU) today announced the formal censure of the University of Sheffield by the UK academic community. The union's move comes in…
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14 April 2026
Staff at Goldsmiths, University of London, have overwhelmingly voted for industrial action in a fight to protect jobs, UCU announced today. In a ballot that closed…
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13 April 2026
Members of the University and College Union at Aberdeen university begin the first of ten days strike action today in a dispute over job cuts and the threat of…
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1 April 2026
Staff at the University of Edinburgh have backed strike action in the coming year in a ballot over £140million cuts, up to 1,800 job losses, hidden redundancies…
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1 April 2026
UCU response to the Department for Education's announcement that it is funding repairs to college buildings.
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31 March 2026
In February 2025, the union was notified that two candidates who ran in the 2024 general secretary election, Vicky Blake and Ewan McGaughey, had lodged a complaint…
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30 March 2026
Members of UCU Scotland at the University of Edinburgh are taking strike action today and throughout this week over management plans for £140million cuts and job…
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26 March 2026
UCU today called on ministers to take urgent action to safeguard pensions in higher education, warning that failure to act risks 'irreparable damage' to the sector.…
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26 March 2026
Staff at the University of Sheffield have backed strike action after management refused to rule out further compulsory redundancies.
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