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27 May 2023
UCU members are about to become history makers with a pension win that will set the standard for all trade unions, said the union's general secretary Jo Grady.
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31 October 2022
UCU slammed plans by Birkbeck, University of London to sack 140 staff this academic year, including up to a quarter of teaching staff, and up to a third of administrative…
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20 May 2022
UCU urged vice-chancellors to revoke pension cuts and meet staff demands for improvements to pay and working conditions as it confirmed that more than 20 universities…
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31 March 2022
UCU today demanded vice-chancellors order their employer body UUK to revoke brutal cuts to pensions after a drastic improvement to the USS finances was revealed…
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22 February 2022
UCU has told university employers to expect more industrial action, including a marking and assessment boycott, as UUK's proposals that would lead to devastating…
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14 February 2022
University staff on the ground have reported huge numbers of staff and supportive students joining picket lines.
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14 February 2022
University leaders have 'failed staff and students', UCU said today as up to ten days of strike action began at universities across the UK over devastating cuts…
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13 February 2021
In her first speech to UCU's annual congress as general secretary, Jo Grady set out the challenges workers in prison, adult, further and higher education are facing…
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2 October 2020
Manchester Metropolitan locked down 1,700 students on Friday night Last Friday night, Manchester Metropolitan University told around 1,700 students to self-isolate…
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28 August 2020
Scapegoats, U-turns, dithering and confusion reign in Westminster It's been another week of scapegoating, dithering and U-turns from the Westminster government.…
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