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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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12 January 2018
Toby Young goes after May backs him, but MPs from all sides savage appointment Toby Young finally stepped down from his position on the board of the new Office…
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