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9 May 2017
UCU members at Manchester Metropolitan University will be on strike later this month after they overwhelmingly backed industrial action. Four-fifths of UCU members…
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5 May 2017
Academic pay lower last year than start of the decade The annual Times Higher Education pay survey revealed yesterday that average pay for UK academics was still…
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27 April 2017
Universities' total income increased by 3.6% between 2014/15 and 2015/16, according to new figures released today. The figures, from the Higher Education Statistics…
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27 April 2017
Candidates standing in the Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region Mayoral elections on Thursday 4 May have been asked to sign up to a skills charter to demonstrate…
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26 April 2017
UCU said the collapse of a merger between Bury College and the University of Bolton was welcome news, but the problems with the rushed attempted merger should have…
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26 April 2017
UCU has called for closer working between students and staff as the sector fights against marketisation, casual contracts and higher fees. In a speech to the National…
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5 April 2017
UCU members at Manchester Metropolitan University are to be balloted for industrial action at both the Manchester and Crewe campuses in a row over compulsory redundancies…
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31 March 2017
Staff dissatisfied with how universities are run and don't feel respected More than three-quarters of university staff are dissatisfied with the way their institution…
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31 March 2017
UCU and UNISON have accused Mid Cheshire College and Warrington Collegiate of "reckless behaviour", putting jobs at risk in an ill-advised merger that has failed…
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23 March 2017
Responding to the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), which show a 7% drop in recruitment of trainee teachers , UCU general…
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