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12 February 2019
A strike scheduled for tomorrow at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University (QMU) has been called off after the university and UCU reached an agreement on jobs and…
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6 February 2019
A series of strikes over job losses at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University (QMU) starting on 7 February are on after talks between the university and UCU ended…
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31 January 2019
UCU has accused UK funding councils of a 'breach of faith' with staff after it was revealed that institutions will be allowed to submit to the Research Excellence…
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16 January 2019
Staff at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University have today backed strikes in a dispute over plans to axe 40 jobs. In the ballot of UCU Scotland members, 64% of those…
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12 December 2018
UCU Scotland responded to the release of the draft Scottish government budget by stating the funding settlement failed to match 'politicians' warm words'. Commenting…
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11 December 2018
Members of UCU at Queen Margaret University are being balloted for strike action in a row over job losses. The ballot opens tomorrow and will close on Wednesday…
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3 December 2018
A new project at Heriot-Watt University partnered by UCU Scotland begins today looking to improve the recruitment and retention of disabled academics in the science…
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22 October 2018
UCU has criticised trade union laws for frustrating the wishes of members who voted for strike action over pay. In ballots which closed on Friday (19 October),…
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24 August 2018
UCU Scotland has welcomed news that students in Scotland's colleges and universities will be able to access free sanitary products from the start of the new academic…
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9 August 2018
UCU Scotland has attacked Robert Gordon University for shoehorning in a new principal without any sort of recruitment process The university has announced that…
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