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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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18 September 2013
Agreement has been reached between UCU, the University of Liverpool and ACAS, in a row brought about by the university's proposal to dismiss 769 staff and rehire…
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18 September 2013
Staff working in higher education will be balloted for industrial action over a 'miserly' 1% pay offer. UCU today confirmed it will ballot its members working in…
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11 September 2013
UCU Scotland welcomes the marginal increase in cash funds. In the budget statement today John Swinney announced a cash increase of £19m, 2%, for universities in…
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10 September 2013
UCU today said that although universities have ploughed new tuition fee money into improvements to attract students, they have neglected their key resource - staff.…
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9 September 2013
Members of UCU at the University of Liverpool have voted in favour of strike action and other forms of industrial action in a row over changes to their contracts.…
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9 September 2013
UCU today welcomed the Labour Party's move to deal with controversial zero-hour contracts. The union said it was pleased Labour leader Ed Miliband recognised that…
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6 September 2013
The University of Edinburgh announced that it has signed an agreement with the UCU to wipe out the use of zero-hour contracts at the university. The news comes…
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5 September 2013
Scottish universities are far more likely to have staff working on zero-hour contracts than other workplaces, according to new research by UCU. Two-thirds (66%)…
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5 September 2013
Universities and colleges are twice as likely to use zero-hour contracts than other workplaces, according to new findings released today by UCU. Sixty-one percent…
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29 August 2013
Graduates are continuing to find work, despite difficult economic times, according to the results of a survey released today. Only 3.2% of graduates, who left higher…
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