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29 April 2020
The number of university staff being referred to occupational health and counselling has shot up in the past decade. The report, from the Higher Education Policy…
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24 March 2020
Around two-thirds of prison education staff (63%) say hand washing facilities in their prisons are inadequate, despite government guidance which says regular hand…
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24 March 2020
Redundancy plans are at odds with university's pledge to support staff and students The University of Portsmouth is under fire for pushing ahead with plans to sack…
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13 March 2020
Five-day walkouts at UK universities It was a full week of disruption, pickets and demonstrations at dozens of UK universities this week as UCU strike action entered…
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17 February 2020
UCU members at 74 universities will begin 14 days of strikes on 20 February in the largest wave of strikes ever seen on UK campuses.
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24 January 2020
External examiners resigning in protest at universities' failings over disputes The Guardian reported yesterday that senior academics are refusing to act as external…
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17 January 2020
UCU president-elect Nita Sanghera UCU president-elect Nita Sanghera passed away on 16 January 2020 . UCU said it was such sad news for her family, her loved ones,…
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22 November 2019
Vice-chancellor calls on vice-chancellors to pay more to resolve pensions dispute Last week a vice-chancellor broke ranks to argue that universities can afford…
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6 September 2019
School students and supporters will urge delegates at the TUC Congress in Brighton on Sunday to back the global climate strikes on 20 September.
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12 July 2019
Racism in universities is "widespread and widely tolerated" On Saturday, the Guardian ran a huge expose of racism of university campuses. The paper said its findings,…
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