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31 July 2013
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is investigating the breadth and impact of zero-hours contracts, confirmed deputy prime minister Nick Clegg…
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22 July 2013
Members of UCU at the University of Liverpool are to be balloted today for strike action in the first ever trade dispute at the university. The news comes as 2,803…
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4 July 2013
Pressure is mounting on the University of Liverpool's management after hundreds of university professors from across the UK signed an open letter calling for it…
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19 June 2013
University under fire for breaking redundancy protocols and threatening to sack staff if they don't accept worse conditions • University's largest faculty has already…
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11 June 2013
The University of Liverpool was today accused of putting a gun to the head of 3,000 staff who face dismissal unless they accept inferior working terms and conditions,…
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25 April 2013
UCU takes its appeal over redundancy consultations to the Scottish Court of Session in Edinburgh. The union is arguing that the University of Stirling was wrong…
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20 March 2013
Opponents of plans to privatise the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) are protesting on campus tomorrow. There will be a lunchtime rally, followed by a privatisation…
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18 March 2013
The four members of staff sacked by Halesowen College are taking their fight to employment tribunals as their colleagues embark on industrial action, said UCU today.…
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5 March 2013
UCU will tomorrow hold a national day of action in protest at rampant casualisation in colleges and universities. The union has highlighted that the growing number…
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14 February 2013
Questions have been asked today over the costs of extra security drafted in to prevent protestors from delivering a Valentine's Day card as part of protests at…
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