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  • 24 August 2017

    Vice-chancellors under fire over lack of scrutiny of their pay deals The debate around vice-chancellors' pay and perks continued this week, but did shift slightly…

  • 11 August 2017

    Boycott bites as universities omitted from National Student Survey Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford and Sheffield universities were among the 12 institutions omitted…

  • 4 August 2017

    Vice-chancellors are not paid enough says Bolton's vice-chancellor The University of Bolton's vice-chancellor George Holmes waded into the row over vice-chancellors'…

  • 31 July 2017

    UCU said panicked reactions to a snapshot reading of the health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) would do little to resolve the problems the scheme…

  • 28 July 2017

    Supreme Court rules employment tribunal fees unlawful and barrier to justice Fees introduced by the government in 2013 payable by those bringing employment tribunal…

  • 26 July 2017

    Fees introduced by the government in 2013 payable by those bringing employment tribunal claims have this morning been ruled unlawful and the government will have…

  • 21 July 2017

    UCU has been banned from attending a meeting at Teesside University at 12:30pm today (Friday) to discuss the fate of 27 professors at the university who were controversially…

  • 11 July 2017

    Responding to Matthew Taylor's report looking at modern working practices, UCU said insecure workers needed rights not sympathy to end the abuse of exploitative…

  • 7 July 2017

    Teesside University is under fire for 'bizarre' plans to make all its professors reapply for their jobs over the summer. UCU said the university has not explained…

  • 30 June 2017

    UCU criticises government's plans for EU citizens UCU general secretary Sally Hunt this week criticised government proposals for EU citizens' rights post-Brexit,…