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  • 15 March 2019

    Ten colleges face strike action in third wave of walkouts Tes has reported that UCU members at 10 English colleges will be taking three days' strike action next…

  • 15 March 2019

    Members of UCU's national executive committee (NEC) unanimously agreed this emergency statement at the start of their meeting on Friday 15 March, following a minute's…

  • 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…

  • 13 February 2019

    A new international report on adult education must act as a wake-up call for government on the need for more investment in further education, UCU said today. The…

  • 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…

  • 4 January 2019

    UCU says that UK universities are finding themselves hamstrung by the continued uncertainty surrounding Brexit.

  • 19 December 2018

    UCU says the government's immigration proposals will significantly worsen the position of EU staff and students and place the UK at a disadvantage

  • 7 December 2018

    UCU dismisses colleges' "insulting" pay offer UCU yesterday described a pay offer of just 1% from the Association of Colleges (AoC) as a wholly inadequate response…

  • 26 November 2018

    UCU today welcomed the pardon of British PhD student Matthew Hedges, who was unjustly sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday.…

  • 23 November 2018

    First wave of strikes in English colleges to begin on 28 November UCU members at six English colleges will be taking strike action on Wednesday and Thursday as…