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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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28 November 2017
Proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) would have "serious consequences" for affected universities and alternative approaches should be…
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20 November 2017
Just days after announcing that 75 lecturers' jobs are at risk at the University of Southampton, it has been revealed that the university is advertising for…
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17 November 2017
UCU has warned of chaos in universities as lectures and classes are cancelled in the new year if a row over changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)…
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31 October 2017
Commenting on the sentencing of former dean of the faculty of education at Edge Hill University, Robert Smedley, and his partner Christopher Joynson for five years…
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27 October 2017
Academic freedom row as MP demands list of Brexit professors Responding to news on Tuesday that Conservative whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP had written to universities…
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20 October 2017
Commenting on guilty verdicts handed down to two Edge Hill University managers , UCU said the university had serious questions to answer about its governance structures.…
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20 October 2017
Ashton-under-Lyne MP and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has told the University of Manchester to "get its house in order" and "give workers the respect…
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19 October 2017
The prospect of UK university staff going on strike is a step closer after a national consultative ballot by the University and College Union (UCU) showed overwhelming…
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13 October 2017
Apprenticeship starts drop by 61% after levy introduced The number of people starting apprenticeships between May and July fell by 61% compared to the previous…
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13 October 2017
Leeds North West MP Alex Sobel is the latest politician to come out in support of striking UCU members at the University of Leeds. He says the university should…
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