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26 March 2026
London South Bank University (LSBU) has threatened to put all its academic staff at risk of redundancy in a restructure that would divide the workforce into teaching…
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14 January 2026
Scottish Government announcement that colleges and universities in Scotland will be expected to meet a wider range of fair work criteria from April 2027.
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8 January 2026
Staff at Durham University are moving towards a strike ballot after senior management refused to engage constructively with the union over untenable workloads and…
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27 August 2025
The University and College Union (UCU) has today welcomed the University of Liverpool's decision to cancel plans to force staff onto campus three days a week as…
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15 July 2025
Staff at INTO Manchester, a private college for international students, have overwhelmingly voted to strike over low pay.
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1 July 2025
UCU has today responded to the publication of roadmap for the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill.
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21 February 2025
UCU launched its 'Research Staff Manifesto' as new data confirms more than six in ten (65%) university research staff are employed on fixed-term contracts, some…
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20 December 2024
UCU has today responded to the announcement that the vice chancellor of Coventry University has been appointed a non-executive board member at the Department for…
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13 December 2024
UCU has today reiterated its call for the Open University (OU) to scrap plans to fire and rehire staff. In a letter sent to the OU's vice chancellor and chair of…
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10 October 2024
UCU has today (Thursday 10 September) welcomed the publication of the Employment Rights Bill, as the start of vital changes to workers' rights in the UK and essential…
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