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26 February 2018
Members of UCU at 14 colleges will be on strike on Wednesday and Thursday this week (28 February & 1 March) in an ongoing row over pay.
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19 February 2018
Speaking ahead of the Prime Minister's speech this afternoon about higher education funding, UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said: 'The Prime minister can complain…
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16 February 2018
USS strikes less than a week away, but universities still refusing to talk Universities' refusal to talk to UCU about the future of the USS pension scheme has angered…
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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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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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14 December 2017
Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith will visit Lancaster Farms Prison on Friday 15 December to meet education staff UCU said prison education is the key to reducing…
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30 November 2017
Responding to the Sutton Trust's 'Better Apprenticeships' report, UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'It's increasingly clear that the government's pursuit…
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22 November 2017
Responding to the Budget statement today (Wednesday), UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said: 'The Chancellor spoke warmly about the importance of skills in his…
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15 November 2017
UCU has welcomed a call from Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn for the chancellor to use next week's budget to invest in infrastructure, technology and training.…
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3 November 2017
In a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ten bodies representing further education staff, students and providers have called for extra funding to ensure…
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