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8 June 2021
Staff at the University of Leicester will down tools tomorrow in the first of three continuous days of strike action as they fight against 26 compulsory redundancies.…
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2 June 2021
Staff in 49 prisons across England are set to go on strike again in a health and safety dispute with employer Novus, UCU confirmed today.
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1 June 2021
Speaking at the union's annual congress, held online due to Covid-19, UCU general secretary Jo Grady paid tribute to members for standing up for education and criticised…
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1 June 2021
University College Birmingham was criticised for trying to axe 73 senior lecturers whilst trying to hire 42 new staff on cheaper contracts according to plans released…
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28 May 2021
Staff on strike against redundancies at the University of Liverpool have accused the pro vice chancellor of being 'out of touch' and 'drunk on power' after it was…
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28 May 2021
UCU has accused employers' representative Universities UK (UUK) of failing to come clean over the true impact of its Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension…
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27 May 2021
UCU says the Scottish Affairs Committee's report on universities and Scotland makes some useful observations, especially on the shortcomings of the new Turing scheme.…
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27 May 2021
UCU says that the student loans system has had a disastrous impact on part-time study leaving many potential students who can't study full time effectively locked…
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24 May 2021
Around 1,300 staff at the University of Liverpool began three weeks of strike action today in a fight over cuts to jobs in the faculty of health and life sciences,…
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20 May 2021
UCU has condemned a restructure plan by Luminate Education (previously Leeds City College Group) which will see 39 jobs cut across multiple sites including Leeds…
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