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  • 30 September 2016

    Members of UCU at Hull College have voted in support of strike action over planned redundancies. More than eight in ten members (86%) who voted backed strike action,…

  • 23 September 2016

    A look back at some of the week's news Colleges and universities have to admit there is a problem with insecure contracts Speaking on Radio 4's flagship consumer…

  • 21 September 2016

    Members of UCU at Hull College are being balloted for strike action in a row over job losses. The college plans to make 141 redundancies, which come on top of recent…

  • 19 September 2016

    UCU today said it wanted guarantees that students at a new college, formed by the merger of South Tyneside and Tyne Metropolitan colleges, could still expect a…

  • 16 September 2016

    A look back at some of the week's news Smartest students could be priced out by rising university costs, warns international report The Organisation for Economic…

  • 16 September 2016

    It was a busy time for UCU delegates at the 148th annual TUC congress in Brighton this week. On Sunday evening UCU vice-president Joanna de Groot warned that pensions…

  • 8 September 2016

    UCU members at Hull College have today announced an official dispute following the college's plans to make over 100 redundancies . The news comes on top of recent…

  • 8 September 2016

    UCU said today that there needed to be better information collected on the number of people on zero-hours contracts as new figures suggested the number employed…

  • 5 September 2016

    UCU said today the government plans to expand the numbers of apprenticeships are at risk of failing unless high-quality schemes are established quickly. The union,…

  • 29 July 2016

    A look back at some of the week's news National demonstration date set for 19 November UCU and the National Union of Students (NUS) have confirmed a November national…