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9 February 2026
Staff at Strathclyde University have backed industrial action in a dispute about job cuts and the failure of management to rule out compulsory redundancies. In…
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9 February 2026
Staff at the University of Essex will begin seven days of strike action on Thursday 12 February in a fight over plans to axe 400 jobs and the resulting threat to…
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9 February 2026
Staff at Durham University have backed strike action in a fight to protect working conditions and job security, announced UCU today 63% of UCU members who participated in…
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30 January 2026
Members of UCU Scotland at the University of Dundee will today take strike action in a long running dispute over jobs cuts and the refusal of university management…
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28 January 2026
7 days of strikes will hit the University of Essex in February over plans to cut 400 jobs, UCU has announced today. Staff at the university will down tools from Thursday…
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27 January 2026
UCU has today condemned plans by London Metropolitan University (London Met) to slash the jobs of 120 academic staff. Although London Met made a loss last year,…
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22 January 2026
UCU today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action Staff at the university took 16 days…
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20 January 2026
Staff at the University of Essex have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over plans axe 400 jobs, UCU announced today The decision follows a ballot in…
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5 January 2026
Strike ballots over job losses and the possible use of compulsory redundancies begin today at four Scottish universities.
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18 December 2025
UCU members at the University of Edinburgh have made significant progress in their dispute with the employer over job cuts, while UCU members at the University…
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