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  • 3 November 2017

    In a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ten bodies representing further education staff, students and providers have called for extra funding to ensure…

  • 20 September 2017

    UCU has said today that the employers' pay recommendation of 1%, or £250 for the lowest paid staff, fails to address the immediate hardship facing dedicated staff…

  • 15 September 2017

    Ahead of Tuesday's pay talks between UCU and the Association of Colleges, UCU's head of further education Andrew Harden (pictured) says the decline in pay cannot…

  • 15 September 2017

    More pressure on colleges ahead of Tuesday's pay talks Writing in the TES ahead of the further education pay talks on Tuesday, UCU head of further education Andrew…

  • 15 September 2017

    It was a busy few days for UCU delegates at the 149th annual TUC congress in Brighton this week UCU's delegation at TUC Congress 2017 © Jess Hurd/ reportdigital.co.uk…

  • 8 September 2017

    Vice-chancellors' summer in the spotlight leads to ministerial threats over pay After a summer with their pay and perks in the spotlight, vice-chancellors finally…

  • 8 September 2017

    Staff in further education colleges in England have seen their pay drop by 24 per cent in real-terms since 2009, reveal new UCU figures. While the cost of living,…

  • 11 August 2017

    Boycott bites as universities omitted from National Student Survey Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford and Sheffield universities were among the 12 institutions omitted…

  • 4 August 2017

    Vice-chancellors are not paid enough says Bolton's vice-chancellor The University of Bolton's vice-chancellor George Holmes waded into the row over vice-chancellors'…

  • 4 August 2017

    UCU is working with the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) and the Association of Colleges (AoC) to simplify the collection data on staff numbers, terms and…