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			14 January 2025
A strike ballot has opened at the University of East Anglia (UEA) after almost one in six staff were put at risk of redundancy.
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			13 January 2025
Staff threatened with a restructure by Sunderland University management have been told they cannot tell colleagues they are at risk of losing their jobs.
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			13 January 2025
Over 1,000 UCU members will be balloted for strike action at Newcastle University later this month over £35m in cuts management is slashing from the university's…
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			7 January 2025
News index for 2025
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			20 December 2024
UCU has today responded to the announcement that the vice chancellor of Coventry University has been appointed a non-executive board member at the Department for…
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			18 December 2024
UCU has today responded to reports that university tuition fees are set to rise above £10,000. UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: 'Yesterday it was reported that…
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			17 December 2024
Coventry University has threatened more than 300 staff with the sack. Those who remain will be forced to work through a subsidiary company on behalf of the university,…
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			13 December 2024
UCU has today reiterated its call for the Open University (OU) to scrap plans to fire and rehire staff. In a letter sent to the OU's vice chancellor and chair of…
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			12 December 2024
Responding to the outcome of the Department for Education's review of Level 3 courses, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said:
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			4 December 2024
UCU comment on the Scottish draft budget for 2025/26 and the impact on Scottish higher education.
 
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