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9 February 2018
Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell has given UCU members a boost in their fight to save their pensions by refusing to deliver a lecture while staff are on strike…
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2 February 2018
February strike dates set in USS pensions row Fourteen days of strikes at 61 UK universities will begin on Thursday 22 February, UCU announced on Monday . An escalating…
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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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19 January 2018
Senior professors warn of damage USS changes will have on next generation The ballot for industrial action over changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme…
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