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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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2 September 2025
Responding to the Secretary of State for the Home Office's announcement that international students will receive texts warning them against claiming asylum, UCU…
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27 August 2025
Staff at the University of Sheffield are being asked to vote for strike action, announced UCU today. The ballot opened yesterday and will close on Tuesday 30 September.…
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27 August 2025
The University and College Union (UCU) has today welcomed the University of Liverpool's decision to cancel plans to force staff onto campus three days a week as…
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