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  • 1 March 2019

    UCU general secretary Sally Hunt resigns for health reasons UCU general secretary Sally Hunt has resigned for health reasons. The union's national executive committee…

  • 1 March 2019

    UCU has reacted angrily to news of plans to axe 50 staff at Stockport College and Trafford College. Staff at all three sites in Altrincham, Stretford, and Stockport…

  • 22 February 2019

    Angela Rayner tells UCU members free-market experiment in higher education has failed Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner was among the speakers at UCU's annual…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 14 February 2019

    The Teaching Excellence Framework (Tef) is deeply unpopular, failing students and not fit for purpose says a UCU report released today. Eight in 10 staff (81%)…

  • 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'.

  • 11 February 2019

    ​Following the resignation of the vice-chancellor of De Montfort University Dominic Shellard, UCU has called for a shake-up of governance at universities. There…

  • 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…

  • 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…