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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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5 March 2010
A university worker who had to work 65-hours a week has received £110,000 in compensation after he had to give up work due to stress. Mark Bannister, 49, from Stoke-on-Trent…
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26 February 2010
Dozens of members and non-members at North Lindsey College, Scunthorpe, dropped in to pick up a Timeout chocolate bar and a UCU mug and other promotional materials…
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26 February 2010
Teaching professionals are the group most likely to clock up unpaid overtime, according to new figures released today. UCU said it was unsurprised that teaching…
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30 November 2009
UCU will mark World Aids Day tomorrow by launching a new guide for branches on how to support people living and working with HIV. Returning to work after an HIV…
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25 November 2009
New support for victims of domestic violence will be launched today at Aston University following work by members of the Aston branch of UCU. A new workplace domestic…
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12 November 2009
A college lecturer has been left with permanent damage to his hearing after being exposed to excessive noise at work. Malcolm Hipkin, 65, from Gateshead received…
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30 September 2009
Responding to today's report by Professor David Coggon in to suspected radiation and mercury exposure at the University of Manchester's Rutherford building, UCU…
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23 September 2009
Staff at the University of Sheffield have been told to clean their own areas and consider pooling bins after cutbacks on cleaning staff. UCU has criticised the…
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20 July 2009
Teaching staff at the Oakhill Secure Training centre near Milton Keynes (who are employed by Manchester College) are walking out on 21 July over allegations of…
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27 February 2009
University lecturers are doing even more unpaid overtime than last year and far more than the national average, according to new figures from the Trades Union Congress…
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