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10 September 2025
A ballot for industrial action opens today at the University of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) in a dispute over job cuts and the use of compulsory…
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10 September 2025
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has today called on the Labour government to stop its 'serious escalation in authoritarianism', announced UCU. TUC delegates agreed…
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10 September 2025
UCU today responded to the announcement that the University of Greenwich and University of Kent are to merge.
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9 September 2025
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) today reversed its support for increased defence spending, as union delegates voted for a motion brought by UCU and backed by nine…
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9 September 2025
UCU has today denounced Ofsted's decision to press ahead with its new report card system, warning it will increase pressure on education staff and deepen the culture…
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8 September 2025
Over 65,000 UCU members working in universities across the UK will be balloted for strike action after employers refused to budge from their 'offer' of 1.4%, which…
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8 September 2025
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) will lobby the government to abolish student fees and publicly fund the sector, UCU announced today. The call for a new funding…
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8 September 2025
Members of the University and College Union at the University of Edinburgh today begin the first of five days of strike action over senior managers' plans to cut…
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6 September 2025
Teaching unions have today (Saturday 6 September) joined together to demand the government initiates a review of the link between the state pension age and the…
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5 September 2025
Members of UCU at Dundee university are being re-balloted from today (5 September) to take industrial action#1 as the financial and management crisis at the university…
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