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15 February 2018
The University of Southampton's Science and Engineering Day has been cancelled because of staff taking strike action in a row over pensions. Organisers said the…
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14 February 2018
The vice-chancellor was either on the committee that sets their pay or allowed to attend its meetings at 95% of UK universities. Three-quarters of institutions…
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12 February 2018
Disruption is set to hit 16 colleges (*see table below) after staff voted overwhelmingly for strike action in an ongoing row over pay. Overall, 91% of staff at…
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9 February 2018
If universities want to stop unprecedented disruption on their campuses then they need to show courage and call on their representatives to negotiate meaningfully…
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2 February 2018
February strike dates set in USS pensions row Fourteen days of strikes at 61 UK universities will begin on Thursday 22 February, UCU announced on Monday . An escalating…
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30 January 2018
The National Union of Students (NUS) has sent its support to UCU ahead of a wave of strikes set to hit 61 universities next month. In a joint statement , NUS president…
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29 January 2018
Strikes will begin on Thursday 22 February UCU has written to the 61 universities* to inform them of an escalating wave of strikes over a four-week period that…
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26 January 2018
February strikes look like a reality in USS pensions row After Universities UK (UUK) refused to budge from its position of scrapping defined benefits in retirement…
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22 January 2018
Universities face initial 14 days of escalating strike action if a row over changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) is not resolved. Sixty-one universities…
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22 January 2018
Sixty-one universities (see list below) could face widespread disruption next month after UCU members overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a row over changes…
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