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17 February 2020
UCU members at 74 universities will begin 14 days of strikes on 20 February in the largest wave of strikes ever seen on UK campuses.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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22 November 2019
Vice-chancellor calls on vice-chancellors to pay more to resolve pensions dispute Last week a vice-chancellor broke ranks to argue that universities can afford…
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19 November 2019
The next government should invest in the further and higher education workforce, end the hostile environment for migrants and scrap arbitrary metrics like the Teaching…
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22 October 2019
UCU has today called on the Home Office to urgently review its decision to deport Leicester-based academic Dr Furaha Asani to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).…
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13 September 2019
University strike ballots open Strike ballots opened at UK universities on Monday in rows over USS pensions and pay, workloads, casualisation and equality. The…
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11 September 2019
The University and College Union (UCU) has today responded to the reintroduction of two year post-study work visas for international students by calling on the…
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10 September 2019
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has backed the global school walkouts on 20 September and pledged to support the efforts of school children striking for climate…
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