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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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24 May 2019
Jo Grady elected UCU general secretary Jo Grady has been elected UCU general secretary on a record turnout. The senior lecturer in employment relations at the University…
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23 May 2019
There was a 77% increase in the number of university staff accessing counselling services between 2009 and 2015, according to a report released today. The report…
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1 April 2019
Excessive workloads are taking their toll on the wellbeing of academic staff at Nottingham Trent University, with 94% of academic staff reporting that their workload…
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23 November 2018
First wave of strikes in English colleges to begin on 28 November UCU members at six English colleges will be taking strike action on Wednesday and Thursday as…
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9 October 2018
Students at Newcastle College will be able to receive free sanitary products discreetly if they cannot afford them, thanks to a new campaign against "period poverty".…
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