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27 April 2018
College accounts reveal bumper pay rises for principals in 2016/17 Seventeen college principals earned over £200,000 in 2016/17, while over a third enjoyed a pay…
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26 April 2018
UK universities' income increased by £915m (2.7%) between 2015/16 and 2016/17, according to figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). During…
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20 April 2018
USS strikes suspended as UCU members vote in record turnout to accept new proposals In a record turnout for a national ballot, UCU members at 65 institutions in…
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19 March 2018
Coventry University was warned today it could become a 'pariah institution' if it doesn't stop employing dirty tricks to wriggle out of giving staff proper pay…
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16 March 2018
Call for external examiners to resign at USS universities As part of action aimed at causing widespread disruption on campuses across the UK, UCU has today called…
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6 March 2018
Staff at the University of the West England (UWE) say a Channel 4 expose of senior pay and perks at the institution must lead to serious change. UCU said there…
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5 March 2018
Some universities rely on hourly-paid staff to do as much as half of all their teaching, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests. However,…
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20 February 2018
A month of strikes due to hit 65 universities* will begin on Thursday (22 February) after the universities' representatives refused to return to negotiations with…
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20 February 2018
Members of the UCU at universities in Scotland will begin walkouts on Thursday as a wave of strikes hit in a row over pensions. The strikes will affect over 145,000…
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14 February 2018
The vice-chancellor was either on the committee that sets their pay or allowed to attend its meetings at 95% of UK universities. Three-quarters of institutions…
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