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22 September 2022
Around 4,000 staff at 29 colleges will take up to 10 days of strike action starting next week in a dispute over low pay amid the cost-of-living crisis.
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15 September 2022
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) is in the process of deciding whether to re-classify the further education (FE) sector from the private to the public sector…
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15 September 2022
Government is proposing to regulate FE staff in England, through extending the 'fitness to practice' framework that applies to teachers in schools and sixth form…
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12 September 2022
Staff at 26 further education colleges will take ten days of strike action starting on Monday 26 September unless employers make a significant pay rise to deal…
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6 September 2022
Staff at Burnley College, The Manchester College and Oldham College began a two day strike - during student induction week - today in a dispute over low pay.
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25 August 2022
Staff at Falmouth University have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action in a long running dispute over management's creation of a two-tier workforce.…
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26 July 2022
UCU members at Hugh Baird College in Merseyside have won a significant pay rise of up to 9.8% and additional annual leave from next year. The deal comes after an…
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18 July 2022
Staff at 29 colleges in England will join the wave of industrial action sweeping the country after huge numbers voted in favour of strike action. The ballot result…
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14 July 2022
Four colleges across the north west of England will be hit with more strike action later this year unless employers agree to raise staff pay, the UCU announced…
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13 July 2022
UCU has today responded to a report from the National Audit Office, which highlights huge drops in adult participation in government funded education UCU general…
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