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29 April 2015
The Supreme Court has today ruled that the University of Stirling broke the law when it let staff on fixed-term contracts go without consulting unions. The court…
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21 April 2015
Members of UCU at the University of Dundee will be taking strike action on Tuesday 28 April and Tuesday 5 May 2015 in a row over job losses. As well as going on…
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9 April 2015
UCU said today that universities opposing plans for better staff and student representatives on their key decision-making bodies are out of touch. The union was…
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31 March 2015
Commenting on news that the University of Aberdeen is planning to cut 150 jobs, UCU Scotland said it was a worrying time for staff and that axing jobs would have…
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20 March 2015
Members of UCU at the University of Dundee are being balloted for strike action in a row over job losses. The university plans to get rid of 70 posts, on top of…
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4 March 2015
Over two-thirds (70%) of Scottish universities refused to send full minutes of the committee that sets their principal's pay, according to a new report released…
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14 January 2015
UCU Scotland has today called on the Scottish government to introduce open and transparent elections for university governing bodies and for them to have a more…
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7 November 2014
The Scottish government today launching a consultation for a planned higher education governance bill next year. Mary Senior, UCU Scotland Official, said: 'UCU…
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31 July 2014
UCU Scotland is calling on the Scottish government to bring in stronger rules to improve universities' governance. Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of a…
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26 June 2014
Lecturers at Dundee University will tomorrow begin working to contract in an escalation of their dispute with the university over plans to cut 120 jobs. The action*…
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