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22 April 2026
Staff at the University of Essex will strike again tomorrow (Thursday 23 April), having already taken 16 days of action in a fight to save jobs, protect course…
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22 April 2026
Southampton Solent University staff will begin five days of strike action next week after management began forcing them out of their pension scheme by threatening…
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22 April 2026
UCU members at Queen Margaret University (QMU) are being balloted from today for strike action in a dispute over jobs, working conditions and changes to working…
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21 April 2026
Eight days of strike action starting tomorrow will take place after management yesterday rejected an offer made by the university's UCU branch.
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20 April 2026
Responding to the announcement of the new university free speech complaints system, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said:
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16 April 2026
Responding to the announcement that UK universities will rejoin Erasmus+, UCU called on the government to halt policies that deter international students from coming…
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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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