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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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12 January 2026
Staff at Isle of Wight College will begin three days of strike action later this week after college bosses refused to make a good enough offer over pay and working…
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12 January 2026
Staff at Myerscough College in Lancashire have overwhelmingly voted to accept a pay offer of 4% and pull out of the England-wide college strike action. The deal leaves …
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9 January 2026
Staff at 25 colleges across England will begin three days of strike action next week after college bosses refused to make fair offers over pay and working conditions,…
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8 January 2026
Staff at Durham University are moving towards a strike ballot after senior management refused to engage constructively with the union over untenable workloads and…
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5 January 2026
Strike ballots over job losses and the possible use of compulsory redundancies begin today at four Scottish universities.
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1 January 2026
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23 December 2025
Staff at the University of Sheffield International College (USIC) have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions, the UCU announced…
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19 December 2025
On Wednesday 17 December, after an agonising wait of 15 hours, Palestinian Action protester Qesser Zuhrah was eventually allowed access to hospital medical treatment,…
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18 December 2025
UCU members at the University of Edinburgh have made significant progress in their dispute with the employer over job cuts, while UCU members at the University…
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15 December 2025
Staff at the University of Essex are being asked to back strike action over plans to close the university's Southend campus and axe 400 jobs. Members of the UCU…
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