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9 September 2025
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) today reversed its support for increased defence spending, as union delegates voted for a motion brought by the University and College…
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8 September 2025
Over 65,000 University and College Union (UCU) members working in universities across the UK will be balloted for strike action after employers refused to budge…
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8 September 2025
Trades Union Congress (TUC) will lobby the government to abolish student fees and publicly fund the sector, announced the University and College Union (UCU) today.…
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8 September 2025
Members of the University and College Union at the University of Edinburgh today begin the first of five days of strike action over senior managers' plans to cut…
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6 September 2025
Teaching unions have today (Saturday 6 September) joined together to demand the government initiates a review of the link between the state pension age and the…
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5 September 2025
Members of UCU at Dundee university are being re-balloted from today (5 September) to take industrial action#1 as the financial and management crisis at the university…
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2 September 2025
Responding to the Secretary of State for the Home Office's announcement that international students will receive texts warning them against claiming asylum, UCU…
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27 August 2025
Staff at the University of Sheffield are being asked to vote for strike action, announced the University and College Union (UCU) today. The ballot opened yesterday…
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27 August 2025
The University and College Union (UCU) has today welcomed the University of Liverpool's decision to cancel plans to force staff onto campus three days a week as…
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14 August 2025
Nine in ten students can't afford essentials such as rent and food, new polling from UCU published today reveals. On A-level results day, when we congratulate students…
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