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14 February 2018
The vice-chancellor was either on the committee that sets their pay or allowed to attend its meetings at 95% of UK universities. Three-quarters of institutions…
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12 February 2018
Disruption is set to hit 16 colleges (*see table below) after staff voted overwhelmingly for strike action in an ongoing row over pay. Overall, 91% of staff at…
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2 February 2018
February strike dates set in USS pensions row Fourteen days of strikes at 61 UK universities will begin on Thursday 22 February, UCU announced on Monday . An escalating…
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1 February 2018
The incoming principal at Edinburgh University, Professor Peter Mathieson, has accepted a 33% salary hike as part of a welcome package worth £410,000 . UCU said…
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14 December 2017
Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith will visit Lancaster Farms Prison on Friday 15 December to meet education staff UCU said prison education is the key to reducing…
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7 December 2017
Staff and students at the University of Birmingham will be staging a protest in University Square by the Staff House steps at 1pm on Friday. UCU members are currently…
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6 December 2017
Bath Spa University paid vice-chancellor Professor Christina Slade £808,000 last year (2016/17 academic year) reports Times Higher Education . The extraordinary…
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5 December 2017
Ulster University must pay 143 former staff 90 days' pay each after tribunal ruled it broke employment law in a 2015 redundancy process The staff left the university…
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5 December 2017
The National Union of Students (NUS) has today called on university leaders to engage in negotiations to end a dispute over pensions which could see students caught…
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30 November 2017
Staff in some of the UK's most elite universities will see the value of their retirement income drop by as much as £200,000 if hardline proposals from universities…
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