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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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21 June 2019
UCU has today officially censured Trinity College, Cambridge after it decided to pull out of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) . At a meeting of the…
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21 June 2019
81% of vice-chancellors still allowed to attend meeting that sets their pay Despite calls to improve transparency around senior pay at universities, four-fifths…
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20 June 2019
Despite calls to improve transparency around senior pay at universities, four-fifths of institutions (81%) still allowed their vice-chancellor to attend meetings…
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14 June 2019
Strike ballot at Sandwell College as row over sacked lecturer escalates The row at Sandwell College over the "heavy-handed" sacking of UCU activist Dave Muritu…
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