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8 September 2025
Over 65,000 UCU members working in universities across the UK will be balloted for strike action after employers refused to budge from their 'offer' of 1.4%, which…
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21 March 2025
Staff at Sheffield Hallam University will strike on Monday and Tuesday over management's decision to withhold part of staff pay for seven months. Staff will be…
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4 March 2025
UK higher education faces an unprecedented crisis, UCU declared today, with new data compiled by the union showing over 5,000 jobs at risk. The announcement comes…
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30 January 2025
UCU today celebrated the biggest real-term increase in the stipend for UKRI-funded postgraduate researchers (PGRs) in over two decades as a major win for its 'PGRs…
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5 September 2024
Responding to the report released today by Universities UK, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: 'This crucial report highlights how important university staff…
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23 August 2024
UCEA and the five trade unions (EIS, GMB, UCU, UNISON and Unite) met in two dispute resolution meetings on Monday 19 August and Thursday 22 August 2024. The following…
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23 July 2024
The University of Portsmouth wants to stop all new staff from being able to access industry standard defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.
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17 July 2024
UCU today responded to the King's Speech by calling on the government to ensure that workers are prioritised, and its New Deal for Working People is not diluted.…
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5 June 2024
University of Cambridge college supervisors have won an average pay rise worth 15%.
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1 April 2024
Members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the UK's largest private pension scheme, have now had their benefits restored in full.
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