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17 July 2019
Ten trade union leaders have written to Ruskin College in Oxford to ask them to drop all disciplinary proceedings and withdraw threats of redundancy against staff…
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12 July 2019
Racism in universities is "widespread and widely tolerated" On Saturday, the Guardian ran a huge expose of racism of university campuses. The paper said its findings,…
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8 July 2019
Staff and students will be protesting at the University of Portsmouth from 12pm on Wednesday over plans to cut jobs in the faculty of science. Protestors will be…
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5 July 2019
Ruskin College in Oxford has been accused of trade union victimisation following a string of disciplinary and redundancy threats directed at UCU members. Three…
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5 July 2019
71% of university staff say insecure contracts have damaged their mental health Staff in UK universities working on insecure contracts say the lack of security…
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4 July 2019
Students and parents attending open days at the University of Cambridge will be met by protestors keen to lift the lid on the exploitative use of students and hourly-paid…
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3 July 2019
Report says staff are working unpaid, holding down multiple jobs and struggling to pay the bills The UCU report says higher education staff are putting off long-term…
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3 July 2019
Responding to the latest findings of the National Student Survey , which show that overall student satisfaction with course quality has risen since 2018, UCU's…
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1 July 2019
Responding to De Montfort University's statement on governance and the revelation that Professor Shellard was awarded £270,000 following his resignation earlier…
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28 June 2019
Staff on casual contracts visiting food banks as they struggle to make ends meet Staff on insecure contracts working in further, adult and prison education are…
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