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27 May 2016
External examiners resigning as fight for fair pay steps up More than 1,000 academics have already resigned from their roles as external examiners in universities…
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23 May 2016
A two-day walkout at UK universities will go ahead this week after talks last week failed to resolve a pay row between UCU and the universities' representatives,…
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19 May 2016
UCU has accused universities of 'blatant double standards' as it emerged that vice-chancellor pay rose around four times faster than pay for most academic staff…
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9 May 2016
UCU has confirmed plans for a two-day national strike at UK universities as part of an ongoing dispute over pay. UCU members in higher education will walk out on…
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4 May 2016
UCU has announced today that members working in higher education have voted in favour of strike action in UK universities in a row over pay. Almost two thirds (65.4%)…
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15 April 2016
UCU exposes 'endemic' use of insecure contracts in colleges and universities As part of the ongoing campaign against insecure contracts across the sector, UCU published…
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14 April 2016
The reliance of UK universities on insecure contracts, including zero-hours contracts, is laid bare in a new report from UCU published today The finds that 54%…
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13 April 2016
UCU will begin balloting its higher education members for industrial action on Thursday 14 April following a 'disappointing' pay offer of 1% from the employer body.…
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22 March 2016
The University and College Union has given its support to a staff-led vote of no confidence in the University of Reading's vice-chancellor Sir David Bell. The vote…
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11 March 2016
A look back at some of the week's news Gender pay gap report UCU's report on the gender pay gap in FE and HE, launched to coincide with International Women's Day,…
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