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24 February 2012
Teaching and educational professionals are the group most likely to clock up unpaid overtime, according to new figures released today. UCU said the figures highlighted…
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28 October 2011
Representatives of UCU and university employers have agreed a programme of talks to try and resolve a dispute about changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme…
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6 September 2011
UCU today warned that new guidelines for university research will penalise female academics who take maternity leave. Under the draft proposals, which are part…
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6 September 2011
Up to 25,000 teachers and lecturers will gather in Westminster on Wednesday 26 October in a mass lobby to protest against changes to the Teachers' Pension Scheme.…
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3 August 2011
UCU today (Wednesday) questioned why the chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) received a 'recognition award' of £50,000 while the dispute…
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28 July 2011
UCU said today that the government's planned raid on public sector pensions had nothing to do with keeping pension costs down and was simply a tax to raise funds…
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25 July 2011
Members of UCU today voted overwhelmingly to boycott the Institute for Learning (IfL), in a row over membership fees. Almost 90% of those who voted, voted to stop…
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7 April 2011
Union says it's outrageous that country's second biggest private pension scheme is turning its fire on five individuals Five members of UCU have been threatened…
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7 April 2011
UCU says report has failed to give external examiners the support they need. UCU today warned that academics could be deterred from becoming external examiners…
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4 April 2011
Members of UCU at Newcastle College will take strike action on Tuesday 12 April in their ongoing fight to save jobs. Over four-fifths of UCU members (82%) who voted…
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