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31 January 2024
Around two-thirds (66%) of research staff are employed on fixed-term contracts, some less than a year in length. The findings are from a new UCU report.
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25 August 2023
UCU has today condemned plans by the University of Sussex to make a member of teaching staff redundant after having advertised a new permanent post that includes…
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19 April 2023
UCU has today confirmed that a marking and assessment boycott will commence tomorrow [Thursday 20 April] at 145 UK universities after employers failed to produce…
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3 April 2023
UCU today announced it has successfully renewed its strike mandate at UK universities for a further six months, telling employers that 'university staff are in…
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3 April 2023
Staff at Barnet and Southgate College have voted to take industrial action in a long-running dispute over low pay and workload, the University and College Union…
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10 March 2023
UCU has today declared a significant win against casualisation after Sheffield Hallam University agreed to move associate lecturers off zero-hour contracts. An…
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10 March 2023
The University and College Union (UCU) today announced the University of Cambridge has finally agreed to recognise the union. UCU general secretary Jo Grady signed…
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24 February 2023
The five unions UCU, UNISON, Unite, EIS and GMB, representing staff working in UK higher education confirmed that talks via the conciliation service Acas will continue…
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14 October 2022
UCU today confirmed staff at Falmouth University will be taking three consecutive days of strike action from Monday 17 October in a long running dispute over management's…
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4 October 2022
UCU today announced that staff at Falmouth University will take three days of industrial action over the decision by the university to employ all new academic staff…
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