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  • 21 February 2020

    Solid support for strikes as students call on university heads to do more to solve disputes Support for the biggest ever wave of strikes on university campuses…

  • 7 February 2020

    Fourteen strike days at 74 UK universities in February and March UCU members at 74 UK universities will walk out for 14 days in February and March . The action…

  • 6 December 2019

    UNIVERSITY STRIKES Solid action by defiant UCU members and supporters in university strikes Solid strike action continued at 60 universities this week as the employers…

  • 22 March 2019

    Strikes at five colleges this week with progress in some disputes UCU members at West Thames College, South Bank College, Croydon College, Bradford College and…

  • 1 March 2019

    UCU general secretary Sally Hunt resigns for health reasons UCU general secretary Sally Hunt has resigned for health reasons. The union's national executive committee…

  • 10 March 2017

    UCU attacks vice-chancellors after Lords amend higher education bill UCU this week thanked peers for making a series of amendments to the government's Higher Education…

  • 8 July 2016

    A look back at some of the week's news EU nationals must not be used as pawns in Brexit negotiations, says UCU UCU this week called on the government and Conservative…

  • 5 February 2016

    UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, will tell a conference today that staff and students must continue to make the case for a fairer education system. Sally Hunt…

  • 15 March 2011

    Members of UCU at colleges and universities across the UK will be on strike on Thursday 24 March in a row over changes to pension schemes, jobs losses and pay cuts.…

  • 16 July 2009

    Scotland risks losing its proud reputation as a global leader in higher education, according to job loss figures released today by UCU. With nearly 300 jobs already…