General secretary's news
Updates from Jo Grady, UCU's general secretary
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4 April 2025
Post-16 education in crisis. It is our duty to bring together the whole of our membership to fight back against cuts, attacks in the media, financial mismanagement,…
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2 April 2025
A Westminster Hall debate on the 'Impact of university finances on jobs in higher education' is taking place on Wednesday 2 April from 14:30 to 16:00. We are…
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7 March 2025
Today (Friday 7 March) marks a busy day for further education activities across our union, as a UCU delegation consisting of myself, our president Maxine Looby…
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6 March 2025
Higher education is in crisis. One in two universities is proposing cuts to staff or courses, and up to 10,000 staff are seeing their jobs threatened . This is…
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10 February 2025
During the general secretary election, I made it clear that our democratic structures were long overdue a serious review and overhaul. In the next five years I…
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6 February 2025
As many of you know, Coventry University is currently facing a crisis, with the potential loss of 300 staff members and severe cuts across faculties. This devastating…
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5 February 2025
Interview with the Minister of State for Skills, Baroness Smith of Malvern.
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3 February 2025
Our campaign for a New Deal for FE continues to go from strength to strength. The union's lobbying work led directly to the budget announcement of £300m extra…
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