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22 October 2025
UCU today announced that it has entered a formal trade dispute with Southampton Solent University over plans to force all its staff onto inferior pension schemes,…
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14 October 2025
Over 65,000 UCU members at universities across the UK will be balloted to take strike action in a fight to protect jobs, wages and working conditions, the union…
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10 October 2025
Universities have announced cuts equivalent to over 15,000 jobs in the last year.
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2 October 2025
Staff at Imperial College London will take ten days of strike action over the next two months in a row over pay and conditions, the University and College Union…
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UCU general secretary Jo Grady to visit INTO Manchester picket on Tuesday as part of low pay dispute29 September 2025
The University and College Union (UCU) today announced that Jo Grady will visit the INTO Manchester College picket line tomorrow as part of the dispute over low…
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16 September 2025
Staff at Imperial College London have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions, UCU announced today. The decision follows a ballot in…
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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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