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10 June 2010
Staff at Staffordshire University will hold a lobby at 6pm today outside the vice-chancellor's office on Blackheath Lane, against worsening terms and conditions…
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27 May 2010
UCU welcomes business secretary's comment on university bosses' pay but warns government that universities are already doing 'more for less' UCU today backed calls…
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10 May 2010
Members of UCU who pay into the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension will be asked to vote in a consultative ballot on proposed changes to the scheme.…
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19 April 2010
The higher education unions - UCU, EIS, GMB, UNISON and Unite - have today issued the following joint statement: 'At the new JNCHES meeting held on Monday 19 April,…
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13 April 2010
The percentage of total expenditure spent on staff in UK universities has dropped to an all-time low, according to new figures released today. The figures, from…
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1 April 2010
Despite predictions of pay restraint, a new report reveals universities spent 11% more on vice-chancellors than previous year. A pay survey in Times Higher Education…
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15 March 2010
UCU today said that the handsome rewards enjoyed by vice-chancellors were in stark contrast to the pay rises their staff had to fight for and are a source of ridicule…
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1 March 2010
Responding to claims in Saturday's (27 February) Daily Mail of a 'pay boom' in higher education UCU today accused the paper of painting a false picture of the sector.…
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18 February 2010
UCU today said that colleges and universities needed to be upfront about why so many more members of senior staff were now earning high salaries. Analysis from…
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18 November 2009
Members of UCU at the University of Leeds will be leading protests outside a meeting of the university's council on 19 November in a row over job losses. The university…
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