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5 March 2018
Some universities rely on hourly-paid staff to do as much as half of all their teaching, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests. However,…
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28 February 2018
Tackling racism in the curriculum is the theme of this year's UCU day of action on workplace racism, taking place today. UCU branches across the country are hosting…
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27 February 2018
Staff and students at the University of Sheffield will be marching through the city centre tomorrow (Wednesday) as strikes over proposed cuts to pensions enter…
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23 February 2018
Responding to a statement from Universities UK (UUK) saying it would talk on Tuesday 27 February, UCU said it would certainly be attending as it had been calling…
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22 February 2018
Newcastle University vice-chancellor, Professor Chris Day, has today broken rank with Universities UK to support striking lecturers and called for negotiations…
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22 February 2018
New polling shows that students support strike action being taken by university staff and think universities are most to blame for the action.
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20 February 2018
A month of strikes due to hit 65 universities* will begin on Thursday (22 February) after the universities' representatives refused to return to negotiations with…
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20 February 2018
Members of the UCU at universities in Scotland will begin walkouts on Thursday as a wave of strikes hit in a row over pensions. The strikes will affect over 145,000…
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16 February 2018
USS strikes less than a week away, but universities still refusing to talk Universities' refusal to talk to UCU about the future of the USS pension scheme has angered…
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15 February 2018
The University of Southampton's Science and Engineering Day has been cancelled because of staff taking strike action in a row over pensions. Organisers said the…
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