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11 February 2025
Staff at Newcastle University overwhelmingly backed strike action in defence of jobs. An overwhelming 83% of staff who voted did so in favour of strike action in…
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11 February 2025
UCU response to the Labour government's announcement that it will train 10,000 more apprentices per year.
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7 February 2025
UCU response to a report in FE Week that adult education budgets are set to be cut by 2%.
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15 January 2025
Responding to the resumption of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act's implementation, UCU general secretary, Jo Grady said: 'In stripping out its statutory…
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14 January 2025
A strike ballot has opened at the University of East Anglia (UEA) after almost one in six staff were put at risk of redundancy.
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13 January 2025
Staff threatened with a restructure by Sunderland University management have been told they cannot tell colleagues they are at risk of losing their jobs.
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13 January 2025
Over 1,000 UCU members will be balloted for strike action at Newcastle University later this month over £35m in cuts management is slashing from the university's…
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18 December 2024
UCU has today responded to reports that university tuition fees are set to rise above £10,000. UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: 'Yesterday it was reported that…
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13 December 2024
UCU has today reiterated its call for the Open University (OU) to scrap plans to fire and rehire staff. In a letter sent to the OU's vice chancellor and chair of…
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12 December 2024
Responding to the outcome of the Department for Education's review of Level 3 courses, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said:
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