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  • 21 June 2019

    81% of vice-chancellors still allowed to attend meeting that sets their pay Despite calls to improve transparency around senior pay at universities, four-fifths…

  • 14 June 2019

    Strike ballot at Sandwell College as row over sacked lecturer escalates The row at Sandwell College over the "heavy-handed" sacking of UCU activist Dave Muritu…

  • 13 June 2019

    UCU has said that improvements in student satisfaction are built on the goodwill of staff, and action on workload and job security is needed to ensure that the…

  • 7 June 2019

    UCU warns of September strike ballot over USS pensions Universities risk prompting a wave of industrial action across UK campuses later this year if they do not…

  • 1 June 2019

    UCU congress 2019 It was a busy bank holiday weekend in Harrogate for delegates at UCU's annual congress. The three-day conference covered a whole host of policy…

  • 30 May 2019

    Responding to the funding review from Philip Augar, UCU said that the review had missed an opportunity to explore radical alternatives to the status quo and risked…

  • 24 May 2019

    Jo Grady elected UCU general secretary Jo Grady has been elected UCU general secretary on a record turnout. The senior lecturer in employment relations at the University…

  • 10 May 2019

    UCU says members will make final decision on future of USS UCU said yesterday that it will be members who ultimately decide the next steps in the dispute over the…

  • 9 May 2019

    UCU members at Lambeth College have called off next month's strikes after agreeing a deal* with the college worth over 3% in pay with additional holiday days, sick…

  • 1 May 2019

    The government needs to do more than tinker with the current system if it wants to make serious changes to education funding. In response to a report from the Education…