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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…

  • 9 November 2018

    UCU challenges MPs over possibility of universities going bust After days of fatalistic headlines for universities covering the quality of degrees , funding cuts…

  • 1 November 2018

    UCU said it was difficult to overstate the importance of a university to its local economy. The union was responded to reports that universities were in financial…

  • 26 October 2018

    Trade union laws frustrate national support for strike action on pay UCU members in colleges and universities delivered the biggest ever turnout in the union's…

  • 14 September 2018

    It was a busy few days for UCU delegates at the 150th anniversary TUC in Manchester this week UCU's general secretary Sally Hunt had the honour of opening the 150…

  • 20 July 2018

    Autumn strike warnings as UCU says staff need decent pay offer UCU said it was disappointed that the employers' representatives, the Association of Colleges (AoC),…

  • 27 April 2018

    College accounts reveal bumper pay rises for principals in 2016/17 Seventeen college principals earned over £200,000 in 2016/17, while over a third enjoyed a pay…

  • 16 March 2018

    Call for external examiners to resign at USS universities As part of action aimed at causing widespread disruption on campuses across the UK, UCU has today called…

  • 5 December 2017

    Shadow education secretary raises concerns over pension changes for "brilliant university staff"

  • 30 November 2017

    Staff in some of the UK's most elite universities will see the value of their retirement income drop by as much as £200,000 if hardline proposals from universities…