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2 June 2016
Disruption targeted at open days and graduation days in the summer Assessment boycott to start in the autumn External examiners continue to resign their positions…
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2 June 2016
Members of UCU at South Downs College are being balloted for strike action in a row over new contracts that the union says would lead to worse pay and conditions…
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1 June 2016
Trade unions at Bury College have rejected plans for the college to merge with the University of Bolton. Members of the UCU and UNISON have hit out at a 'flawed'…
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1 June 2016
If the government is serious about providing high quality education across the board it needs to put educators at the heart of the system rather than ignoring their…
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31 May 2016
UCU today described plans to axe 395 more jobs at London Metropolitan University as a 'further devastating blow'. The union was responding to plans from the university…
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27 May 2016
External examiners resigning as fight for fair pay steps up More than 1,000 academics have already resigned from their roles as external examiners in universities…
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23 May 2016
A two-day walkout at UK universities will go ahead this week after talks last week failed to resolve a pay row between UCU and the universities' representatives,…
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20 May 2016
HE plans set out in white paper and bill The government outlined its plans for the future of higher education this week, introducing a new bill in Wednesday's Queen's…
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19 May 2016
UCU today urged managers at the City of Bristol College to rethink plans to slash approximately 50 teaching jobs and a further 50 support staff posts, in a bid…
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19 May 2016
UCU has accused universities of 'blatant double standards' as it emerged that vice-chancellor pay rose around four times faster than pay for most academic staff…
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