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6 March 2024
UCU has called on the Secretary of State for Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan to resign.
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5 March 2024
UCU has slammed the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan for her "outrageous attack on academic freedom".
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29 February 2024
A strike ballot will open tomorrow over plans by Goldsmiths, University of London to cull 130 jobs as part of its 'transformation programme'. The ballot will run…
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29 February 2024
UCU has launched an indicative ballot on taking strike action at SOAS, University of London over fire and rehire plans that place 34 staff at risk of losing their…
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15 February 2024
UCU members at Northumbria University today announced they have declared an industrial dispute over the refusal of senior management to rule out compulsory redundancies…
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15 February 2024
UCU has signed a new recognition agreement with the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). The agreement was signed by UHI UCU president, Dr Heather Fotheringham,…
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7 February 2024
Staff at the University of Aberdeen have today backed strikes in a dispute over plans to end single-honours degrees in modern languages and put 30 staff at risk…
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31 January 2024
Around two-thirds (66%) of research staff are employed on fixed-term contracts, some less than a year in length. The findings are from a new UCU report.
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4 January 2024
A ballot for strike action has opened at Aberdeen university in a dispute over job cuts in the university's threatened modern languages department. The ballot will…
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19 December 2023
The Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK's largest private pension fund, will cut contribution rates on Monday 1 January.
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