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  • 25 September 2006

    There was solid support for strikes held at colleges in Northern Ireland on Tuesday 19 September when hundreds of lecturers took to picket lines in a call for pay…

  • 15 September 2006

    Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges are expected to be shut down next Tuesday as a result of more strike action by lecturers. This will be the third…

  • 28 July 2006

    After lobbying by UCU, prison educators have won guarantees that the cost and value of their pension will remain effectively unchanged despite a change of employer.…

  • 26 July 2006

    UCU has now received from the Electoral Reform Society the results of a consultative membership ballot on proposed changes to the Teachers Pension Scheme. The ballot…

  • 26 July 2006

    Many prison educators - the key to reducing prisoner reoffending, which costs the UK £11 billion a year* - may quit their jobs if their new employers worsen their…

  • 14 July 2006

    College lecturers in the UCU have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer from their employers for the next academic year. UCU today announced the result of…

  • 20 June 2006

    College lecturers, who are members of the newly formed University and College Union (UCU), are to be balloted on an improved pay offer for the next academic year.…

  • 15 June 2006

    Lecturers at Stoke-on-Trent College will be balloted for industrial action after their management announced it will press ahead with compulsory redundancies even…

  • 14 June 2006

    Following talks on further education pay today, UCU anticipates that a final offer from employers, the Association of Colleges, will be available for Friday (June…

  • 9 June 2006

    Negotiations on further education pay for the next academic year will resume next Wednesday (14 June). UCU negotiators will be looking for an improvement on the…