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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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10 September 2017
A strike action ballot has opened at the University of Manchester where there are plans to make up to 140 staff redundant by September 2018. The ballot closes on…
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10 September 2017
Immigrants do not depress wages, employers like Sports Direct do and immigrants are not destroying the NHS, they are saving it, UCU general secretary Sally Hunt…
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8 September 2017
Vice-chancellors' summer in the spotlight leads to ministerial threats over pay After a summer with their pay and perks in the spotlight, vice-chancellors finally…
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8 September 2017
Staff in further education colleges in England have seen their pay drop by 24 per cent in real-terms since 2009, reveal new UCU figures. While the cost of living,…
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7 September 2017
Speaking at the Universities UK conference today, universities minister Jo Johnson is expected to outline his plans to try and deal with vice-chancellors' pay.…
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6 September 2017
Responding to the government's Brexit position paper on science , UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said: 'Setting a clear objective to remain part of the European…
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24 August 2017
Vice-chancellors under fire over lack of scrutiny of their pay deals The debate around vice-chancellors' pay and perks continued this week, but did shift slightly…
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24 August 2017
UCU says international students should be removed from migration figures. The union's call comes as the government released two reports* showing there is a very…
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23 August 2017
Vice-chancellors' pay must be subject to proper scrutiny, UCU said today. The union said that university heads had hidden behind their secretive remuneration committees…
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22 August 2017
UCU said universities' efforts to widen participation were to be welcomed, but that the government should not force universities to sponsor schools. The union said…
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