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17 March 2026
University of Essex staff members have backed escalating strike action as they fight to save jobs, student provision and the Southend Campus.
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17 March 2026
UCU Scotland members will be taking strike action today and tomorrow across four of Scotland's universities
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11 March 2026
UCU Scotland members at the University of Aberdeen will tomorrow begin the first of four days of strike action in a dispute over job cuts and possible compulsory…
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10 March 2026
UCU alongside its sister unions, Unison, Unite, EIS & GMB has today demanded university bosses protect pay, protect jobs and improve working conditions across the…
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3 March 2026
Responding to the Spring Statement's failure to address the student loan crisis, UCU general secretary Jo Grady today said:
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2 March 2026
UCU comment on reports that Glasgow Caledonian University is facing a predicted deficit of over £10million in the next financial year and is introducing a targeted…
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2 March 2026
Nine days of strike action begins this week at the University of Essex in an escalating dispute over plans to close Southend Campus, cut 400 jobs and limit course…
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2 March 2026
Over 2,000 people have signed a petition protesting plans to cut language teaching and research at Heriot-Watt University.
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26 February 2026
Staff at Durham University will begin working to rule tomorrow.
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26 February 2026
Members of UCU at the University of Edinburgh will today begin a new ballot in a new dispute over £140 million cuts and up to 1,800 job losses, workload, hidden…
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