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6 March 2017
UCU Scotland today expressed deep concerns at the news that Heriot Watt University plans to shed 100 jobs. UCU Scotland official Mary Senior said: 'This is a deeply…
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24 February 2017
UCU Scotland has today criticised the University of Edinburgh's decision to close a key course training primary school teachers. The university announced this week…
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24 February 2017
UCU report exposes university heads' pay rises and perks University heads received an average salary package of £277,834 for the academic year 2015/16 - an increase…
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22 February 2017
University principals received an average salary package of £277,834 for the academic year 2015/16 across the UK, with three Scottish principals appearing in the…
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5 December 2016
Members of UCU Scotland at the University of Aberdeen will walk out on Wednesday 7 December in an increasingly bitter dispute over job losses, downgrading of staff,…
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3 November 2016
Members of UCU Scotland at the University of Aberdeen are being balloted for strike action in a row over job losses. The row centres on planned cuts that have resulted…
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11 October 2016
The bodies representing university staff, students and principals have joined together to call on the Scottish government to offer certainty to EU students already…
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8 July 2016
A look back at some of the week's news EU nationals must not be used as pawns in Brexit negotiations, says UCU UCU this week called on the government and Conservative…
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6 July 2016
Members of the UCU Scotland at Glasgow University, Edinburgh University and the University of the West of Scotland will join the latest wave of UK wide strikes…
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8 March 2016
UCU Scotland today welcomed the passing of the Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Parliament. The vote by MSPs reforms the way universities…
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