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23 March 2011
Members of the UCU across Scotland will be on strike on Thursday in a row over pay and changes to staff pensions as part of a national day of strike action at universities…
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23 March 2011
The University of Stirling faces more strike action after its decision-making body, the Court, agreed a move to make 17 members of staff in its institute of aquaculture…
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16 March 2011
Students at eight Scottish universities will be hit with strike action tomorrow, despite last-minute efforts from UCU to get university employers' representatives…
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16 March 2011
Lancaster University lecturers planning to take part in a national strike over pensions have been issued with a chilling warning that, should they die on strike…
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16 March 2011
As employers refuse talks on eve of first UK-wide university strike action in five years, leaked letter says changes cannot go ahead without two sides agreeing…
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15 March 2011
Members of UCU at colleges and universities across the UK will be on strike on Thursday 24 March in a row over changes to pension schemes, jobs losses and pay cuts.…
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15 March 2011
UCU today said it hoped that vice-chancellors' pay would finally receive the scrutiny it needed to stop embarrassing the higher education sector. The union's comments…
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11 March 2011
UCU Scotland has questioned the wisdom of the University of Stirling's decision to effectively shut the only aquaculture institute in Scotland. The university wants…
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10 March 2011
UCU said this morning that strikes over pensions looked more likely after the Employers Pension Forum (EPF), who are tasked with negotiating on behalf of the universities,…
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10 March 2011
UCU today said that attacking pensions as gold-plated was lazy and added absolutely nothing to the pensions debate. The union, whose members are set to strike in…
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