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27 May 2016
External examiners resigning as fight for fair pay steps up More than 1,000 academics have already resigned from their roles as external examiners in universities…
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19 May 2016
UCU today urged managers at the City of Bristol College to rethink plans to slash approximately 50 teaching jobs and a further 50 support staff posts, in a bid…
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18 May 2016
UCU has welcomed the government's renewed focus on the importance of education in prisons, but warned that more investment is required to achieve meaningful reform.…
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18 May 2016
The University and College Union (UCU) today noted the government's renewed focus on education at all levels, but said that the views of education staff must be…
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5 May 2016
A Hull MP has heavily criticised the chief executive of Hull College for sending him a letter of complaint regarding his support of striking workers at the college…
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25 April 2016
UCU has announced that staff at Hull College will go on strike on Tuesday 3 May after voting in favour of industrial action in a row over pay and a controversial…
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25 April 2016
A college planning to make redundancies and close a campus is refusing to afford those staff affected a proper consultation over their plight, even though they…
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20 April 2016
Cambridge MP, Daniel Zeichner, will join staff from Cambridge Regional College this Friday (22 April) as they stage a protest about a cost-cutting drive which spells…
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15 April 2016
UCU exposes 'endemic' use of insecure contracts in colleges and universities As part of the ongoing campaign against insecure contracts across the sector, UCU published…
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15 April 2016
English colleges' reliance on insecure contracts, including zero-hours contracts, is laid bare in a new report from UCU published today The report found that 34%…
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