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13 February 2025
The University and College Union (UCU) Scotland today (Thursday 13 February) welcomed the announcement by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) of extra funding for…
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13 February 2025
The principal of the university of Edinburgh, Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, announced yesterday (Tuesday) in an email to all staff that the university's funding…
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12 February 2025
Staff at Brunel University have overwhelmingly backed industrial action in defence of jobs announced the University and College Union (UCU) today, with 75% of staff…
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11 February 2025
Staff at Newcastle University overwhelmingly backed strike action in defence of jobs. An overwhelming 83% of staff who voted did so in favour of strike action in…
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6 February 2025
An overwhelming 82% of University of East Anglia (UEA) staff have voted in favour of strike action. The ballot resulted in the highest turnout UEA UCU has ever…
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31 January 2025
Staff at the University of Dundee have today backed strikes in a dispute over the university's £30 million deficit and plans to cut jobs including by compulsory…
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30 January 2025
UCU today celebrated the biggest real-term increase in the stipend for UKRI-funded postgraduate researchers (PGRs) in over two decades as a major win for its 'PGRs…
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29 January 2025
Responding to the latest staff data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: 'The dearth of Black professors within UK…
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15 January 2025
Responding to the resumption of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act's implementation, UCU general secretary, Jo Grady said: 'In stripping out its statutory…
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14 January 2025
A strike ballot has opened at the University of East Anglia (UEA) after almost one in six staff were put at risk of redundancy.
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