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3 February 2026
Staff at Southampton Solent University will take two days of strike action beginning next week after management forced staff out of their preferred pension scheme,…
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2 February 2026
The strike action announced last week by UCU Unite alleges victimisation of a member of staff for trade union activities. The position of UCU, which we can evidence…
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30 January 2026
UCU has today called for proper funding for prison education and an end to cuts, as the government responds to the Justice Select Committee report into prisoner…
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30 January 2026
Members of UCU Scotland at the University of Dundee will today take strike action in a long running dispute over jobs cuts and the refusal of university management…
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28 January 2026
7 days of strikes will hit the University of Essex in February over plans to cut 400 jobs, UCU has announced today. Staff at the university will down tools from Thursday…
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27 January 2026
UCU has today condemned plans by London Metropolitan University (London Met) to slash the jobs of 120 academic staff. Although London Met made a loss last year,…
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26 January 2026
UCU has today condemned the blocking by Israel of a delegation of education leaders trying to visit Palestine as part of International Day of Education. The delegation,…
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23 January 2026
Staff at Northumbria University have voted to take industrial action over plans to pressure them to leave the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), the UCU announced…
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22 January 2026
UCU today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action Staff at the university took 16 days…
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20 January 2026
UCU is deeply concerned by the length of time people connected to alleged actions involving Palestine Action are being held on remand. In a democratic society,…
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