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20 January 2014
The vice-chancellor of De Montfort University (DMU), who is threatening to dock a full day's pay from staff who take two hours' strike on Thursday, received a whopping…
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20 January 2014
Principals in Scotland's universities enjoyed an average pay rise of more than 4% in 2012/2013, despite telling staff they had to accept just 1% because finances…
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20 January 2014
Workplaces with big pay gaps between the highest and lowest earners suffer more industrial disputes, more sickness and higher staff turnover than those with more…
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16 January 2014
UCU has today announced plans for a series of two-hour strikes aimed at disrupting teaching at UK universities as part of a row over pay. UCU said today that it…
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15 January 2014
UCU has today announced plans for a series of two-hour strikes aimed at disrupting teaching at UK universities as part of a row over pay. The union says universities…
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10 January 2014
UCU has written to business secretary, Vince Cable, urging him to make universities reveal why senior staff receive the pay rises they do. University bosses' pay…
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7 January 2014
Senior managers at Bournemouth University enjoyed a 30% pay rise in 2013, with the vice-chancellor pocketing an increase of 19%, according to the university's latest…
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2 January 2014
University vice-chancellors were awarded controversially high pay rises while staff received a real-terms pay cut, according to figures released today. UCU said…
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20 December 2013
Staff at Southampton University were left dumbfounded at news that vice-chancellor Don Nutbeam had accepted a £17,000 pay rise, just days after telling them that…
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3 December 2013
UCU said today that strikes by staff in colleges and universities had seen some institutions closed, key learning facilities shut, hundreds of classes cancelled,…
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