News
Leading news and reaction from UCU.
-
19 May 2009
London Metropolitan University (LMU) has today appointed Alfred Morris as its new interim vice-chancellor. The news comes as MPs prepare to press the government…
-
19 May 2009
The number of complaints lodged by students against their universities increased by 23 per cent in 2008 from the previous year, according to the Office of the Independent…
-
15 May 2009
City College Birmingham could be brought to a grinding halt as staff are gearing up for strike action in their campaign to save 74 jobs. The college has threatened…
-
15 May 2009
Plans to axe the philosophy, politics and communications and statistics departments at Liverpool University have been dropped after protests from lecturers and…
-
15 May 2009
Members of UCU at Cardiff University will today demonstrate at Cardiff University over plans to axe 140 jobs and cut 250 courses at the institution's Centre for…
-
13 May 2009
The six further education unions, ACM, ATL, GMB, UCU, UNISON and UNITE*, representing 250,000 staff working in colleges in England have formally rejected an offer…
-
12 May 2009
The University of Surrey has announced that it is planning to make 65 staff redundant. In an ominous message to staff, vice-chancellor, Professor Christopher Snowdon,…
-
12 May 2009
UCU has called for a public enquiry into the failings of London Metropolitan University (LMU) as students from the university staged an occupation of the institution's…
-
9 May 2009
In an historic move, UCU has join forces with half a million academics from around the world to create a series of new international agreements that will help safeguard…
-
8 May 2009
Members of UCU at Strathclyde University will today lobby the university's top decision making body in protest over job losses and plans for reshaping of the university.…
- PrintPrint this page
- Share
