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15 April 2014
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has announced that the recipients of this year's health and safety award are Dundee University UCU reps Marion Sporing…
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28 March 2014
Members of UCU Scotland will meet today for their annual conference in Stirling. Top of the list of issues to be discussed is the ongoing dispute with university…
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7 March 2014
Ahead of International Women's Day tomorrow (Saturday) UCU Scotland has reiterated its support for the White Ribbon Scotland campaign against male violence towards…
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20 January 2014
Principals in Scotland's universities enjoyed an average pay rise of more than 4% in 2012/2013, despite telling staff they had to accept just 1% because finances…
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2 December 2013
Universities across Scotland will be hit with strike action tomorrow as staff walk out in a row over pay. Staff will be on picket lines from 7.30am at Glasgow,…
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29 November 2013
The University of the West of Scotland has today announced that it will not be opening on Tuesday 3 December, due to the planned industrial action by four campus…
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30 October 2013
Staff at universities across Scotland will be on strike tomorrow as members of UCU, UNISON and Unite take their first ever coordinated strike action in a row over…
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17 October 2013
The role of Scotland's universities must be addressed in the run up to the independence referendum, said the UCU today. The union today released its manifesto for…
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14 October 2013
UCU today warned that the extensive use of zero-hours contracts in Scottish universities was bad for lecturers and bad for students. The union has submitted evidence…
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11 September 2013
UCU Scotland welcomes the marginal increase in cash funds. In the budget statement today John Swinney announced a cash increase of £19m, 2%, for universities in…
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