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3 February 2026
Staff at Southampton Solent University will take two days of strike action beginning next week after management forced staff out of their preferred pension scheme,…
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28 January 2026
7 days of strikes will hit the University of Essex in February over plans to cut 400 jobs, UCU has announced today. Staff at the university will down tools from Thursday…
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27 January 2026
UCU has today condemned plans by London Metropolitan University (London Met) to slash the jobs of 120 academic staff. Although London Met made a loss last year,…
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23 January 2026
Staff at Northumbria University have voted to take industrial action over plans to pressure them to leave the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), the UCU announced…
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22 January 2026
UCU today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action Staff at the university took 16 days…
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20 January 2026
Staff at the University of Essex have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over plans axe 400 jobs, UCU announced today The decision follows a ballot in…
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14 January 2026
Scottish Government announcement that colleges and universities in Scotland will be expected to meet a wider range of fair work criteria from April 2027.
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13 January 2026
UCU Scotland today commented on the 2026 Scottish Budget announcement.
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8 January 2026
Staff at Durham University are moving towards a strike ballot after senior management refused to engage constructively with the union over untenable workloads and…
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5 January 2026
Strike ballots over job losses and the possible use of compulsory redundancies begin today at four Scottish universities.
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