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12 June 2015
UCU has said that maintenance grants provide crucial support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter higher education, and should be retained. The…
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8 June 2015
Staff at Aberdeen University have today backed plans for industrial action in a dispute over 150 proposed job losses. In the ballot of UCU Scotland members, 73%…
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3 June 2015
Staff at Lewisham Southwark College will be out on strike tomorrow (Thursday) in protest at plans to axe 112 jobs by the end of this term and close the college's…
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2 June 2015
The University of Warwick has abandoned controversial plans to use a scheme called TeachHigher to employ hourly paid teaching and research staff. UCU welcomed the…
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2 June 2015
A south London college failed to make reasonable adjustments for a blind employee, putting him at a "substantial disadvantage" to his peers, an employment tribunal…
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2 June 2015
MSP Michael Russell has backed a call from the UCU for the Scottish government to step in and save vital jobs in the remote marine research centre near Oban. The…
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1 June 2015
Staff at London Metropolitan University will be taking part in a one-day strike on 4 June in a row over job cuts. Members of UCU and UNISON will walk out as part…
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1 June 2015
Members of UCU at the University of South Wales's Newport City and Caerleon campuses* have voted for industrial action in a long-running dispute over course closures…
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27 May 2015
UCU members at Mid Cheshire College have voted unanimously to ballot for strike action in the face of compulsory redundancies. The ballot will open on Thursday…
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22 May 2015
Staff at the University of Salford are set to take part in a four-day strike next week (Tuesday 26 May to Friday 29 May inclusive) in protest at the treatment of…
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