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20 June 2017
Staff at the University of Leeds will take strike action on Thursday to disrupt an open day in a row over plans to give managers new powers to sack staff. UCU members…
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19 June 2017
UCU members at Birmingham Metropolitan College will be staging protests on Tuesday lunchtime in a row over plans to axe 27 jobs. Staff will be protesting outside…
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19 June 2017
UCU members at Manchester Metropolitan University will be on strike at both the Manchester and Crewe campuses on Tuesday (20 June) and Wednesday (21 June). On Tuesday…
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14 June 2017
Lecturers in UCU at Coleg y Cymoedd, have balloted for industrial action to end excessive workloads and to protect learners' education. The action was strongly…
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13 June 2017
Staff at the Open University have told the institution that it must set out exactly what plans for the future mean for staff. Complaining that proposals set out…
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13 June 2017
Staff at Darlington College will stage a demonstration tomorrow lunchtime in a row over proposals to slash lecturers' salaries by up to 10%. Staff will gather outside…
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9 June 2017
Over a quarter (28%) of the teaching workforce in further education are employed on insecure precarious contracts, with the majority of staff (69%) on hourly-paid…
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2 June 2017
Why universities need real strength and stability In its editorial on Tuesday, the Guardian highlighted how universities are under threat from Brexit, creeping…
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25 May 2017
It will take 40 years to close the academic gender pay gap, warns a new report from UCU. The report reveals that, in 2015/16, UK universities had a 12% overall…
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10 May 2017
The University of Manchester has set out plans to axe 171 jobs, leaving 926 staff uncertain about their future. The university says it wants to cut 140 academic…
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