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  • 13 December 2019

    Second report from Joint Expert Panel on USS released UCU has welcomed the second report from the Joint Expert Panel (JEP) looking at the Universities Superannuation…

  • 13 December 2019

    UCU has welcomed the second report from the Joint Expert Panel (JEP) looking at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). The JEP was set up by UCU and Universities…

  • 6 December 2019

    UNIVERSITY STRIKES Solid action by defiant UCU members and supporters in university strikes Solid strike action continued at 60 universities this week as the employers…

  • 5 December 2019

    UCU has called for sensible university leaders to speak out if disputes that have seen eight strike days already this term are to be resolved The union was responding…

  • 5 December 2019

    More than £100,000 has been donated to the UCU's fighting fund since the ballots for strike action at universities opened in September, the union announced today.…

  • 4 December 2019

    UCU is deeply saddened to learn that Dave Guppy, the UCU-nominated pensioner director to the USS Board, died suddenly on Tuesday. Throughout his working life at…

  • 2 December 2019

    Staff at the Tower Hamlets branch of New City College will begin a 48-hour walkout tomorrow as part of an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. Members of UCU…

  • 29 November 2019

    UCU members at 60 universities walked out on Monday for the first of eight days of strike action in disputes over pensions and pay & conditions. Ahead of the strikes,…

  • 27 November 2019

    UCU has said it needs to see more than 'warm words and meagre promises' from employers if the current dispute over pay is to be resolved. The statement came following…

  • 26 November 2019

    Even more universities could face disruption in the new year if disputes over pensions and over pay and conditions are not resolved UCU members at 12 universities…