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24 November 2014
UCU members at Barnsley College will be on strike on Wednesday and Thursday this week (26 and 27 November) in a row over new contracts. Union members will be on…
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4 November 2014
Thousands of staff members at colleges and universities across the UK are being encouraged to put pressure on their MPs on 5 November as part of a day of action…
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29 September 2014
Staff would see tens of thousands of pounds a year wiped off their pensions if proposals made by Universities UK (UUK) were introduced, warns a report released…
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15 August 2014
UCU has accused Barnsley College of wasting public money and putting students education at risk following a 'botched' restructure resulting in 29 vacancies within…
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22 July 2014
UCU today re-emphasised its opposition to zero-hours contracts at an industry briefing on atypical and zero-hours contracts hosted by conciliation experts Acas.…
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14 July 2014
Edinburgh Napier University is under fire after it was revealed that it is advertising lecturer posts on zero-hours contracts. UCU has today written* to the institution…
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9 July 2014
The principal of Lambeth College has threatened to axe courses for disabled students and foreign speakers wishing to learn English (ESOL) if UCU does not accept…
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7 July 2014
Prospective university students will be encouraged to ask difficult questions at open days as part of a campaign for greater transparency in higher education launched…
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10 June 2014
More members of staff will be out on strike at Lambeth College this week as disputes about changes to staff contracts show no sign of being resolved. Members of…
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9 June 2014
The south London college at the centre of a bitter dispute about changes to staff contracts already suffers a much higher than average staff turnover, reveals internal…
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