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1 February 2018
The incoming principal at Edinburgh University, Professor Peter Mathieson, has accepted a 33% salary hike as part of a welcome package worth £410,000 . UCU said…
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30 January 2018
The National Union of Students (NUS) has sent its support to UCU ahead of a wave of strikes set to hit 61 universities next month. In a joint statement , NUS president…
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29 January 2018
Strikes will begin on Thursday 22 February UCU has written to the 61 universities* to inform them of an escalating wave of strikes over a four-week period that…
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26 January 2018
February strikes look like a reality in USS pensions row After Universities UK (UUK) refused to budge from its position of scrapping defined benefits in retirement…
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23 January 2018
Strikes at 61 universities have become much more likely today (Tuesday) after talks over the future of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) ended without…
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22 January 2018
Universities face initial 14 days of escalating strike action if a row over changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) is not resolved. Sixty-one universities…
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22 January 2018
Sixty-one universities (see list below) could face widespread disruption next month after UCU members overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a row over changes…
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9 January 2018
UCU has written to University of Manchester vice-chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell informing her it is suspending industrial action until the end of February to allow…
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9 January 2018
Commenting on the resignation of Toby Young, UCU said it was right he has resigned, but that he never should have been appointed in the first place. The union said…
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5 January 2018
The unbelievable Toby Young appointment The government sneaked out the names of members of the new Office for Students (OfS) board over New Year. The one that drew…
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