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  • 7 February 2020

    Fourteen strike days at 74 UK universities in February and March UCU members at 74 UK universities will walk out for 14 days in February and March . The action…

  • 31 January 2020

    Ballot results mean 74 universities could now be hit with industrial action The number of UK universities that could be hit with strike action this term now stands…

  • 28 January 2020

    The UK should stop treating migrants as 'commodities to be measured', UCU said today. The union was responding to a new report from the Migration Advisory Committee…

  • 24 January 2020

    External examiners resigning in protest at universities' failings over disputes The Guardian reported yesterday that senior academics are refusing to act as external…

  • 20 January 2020

    Staff on casualised contracts in UK universities are vulnerable and invisible 'second-class academics', says a new report released today. The report says universities'…

  • 19 December 2019

    UCU has today responded to the first annual review of the Office for Students. UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: 'The UK rightly has a reputation for its world…

  • 17 December 2019

    Over a quarter of students (25.1%) received a 'conditional unconditional' offer in 2019, while over two-thirds (43%) of accepted applicants had a difference of…

  • 13 December 2019

    Second report from Joint Expert Panel on USS released UCU has welcomed the second report from the Joint Expert Panel (JEP) looking at the Universities Superannuation…

  • 6 December 2019

    UNIVERSITY STRIKES Solid action by defiant UCU members and supporters in university strikes Solid strike action continued at 60 universities this week as the employers…

  • 5 December 2019

    UCU has called for sensible university leaders to speak out if disputes that have seen eight strike days already this term are to be resolved The union was responding…