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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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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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24 March 2011
Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is under fire today (Thursday) after its security evicted staff members from picket lines across the university's buildings…
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23 March 2011
UCU members at around 500 colleges and universities across the UK will be on strike tomorrow (Thursday) in a row over changes to their pension and pay cuts: the…
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28 February 2011
Members of the UCU at Heriot-Watt University are starting industrial action after the institution's management refused to negotiate with the union. Staff say they…
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