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  • 20 February 2019

    Responding to a report from the all-party parliamentary group on social mobility, UCU said investment across the board was required if students from all backgrounds…

  • 20 February 2019

    Strikes at Oaklands College could be the cards as a ballot for strike action over pay opens The ballot of UCU members will close on Monday 11 March. If staff at…

  • 15 February 2019

    Deeply unpopular Teaching Excellence Framework not fit for purpose say staff A UCU-commissioned report released yesterday said the Teaching Excellence Framework…

  • 13 February 2019

    A new international report on adult education must act as a wake-up call for government on the need for more investment in further education, UCU said today. The…

  • 13 February 2019

    Strikes at more London colleges could be the cards as ballots have opened at another two London colleges. The ballots at Tower Hamlets College and Redbridge College…

  • 12 February 2019

    UCU has branded a report from the Office for Students (OfS) into senior pay at universities as lightweight and said it exposed the regulator as a 'paper tiger'.

  • 8 February 2019

    Bullying and stereotyping blocking professorial path for black women, says report A culture of bullying and stereotyping means black academics have to work harder…

  • 6 February 2019

    Responding to a report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) on the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), UCU said much had changed in the 12 months…

  • 1 February 2019

    Second wave of strikes hits 13 English colleges UCU members at 13 English colleges took strike action over pay this week . The two-day strikes are part of a second…

  • 30 January 2019

    UCU says time for radical overhaul of system as number of institutions handing out more unconditional offers rockets Data released today by UCAS has shone another…