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  • 25 May 2018

    Members of the USS Joint Expert Panel announced The Joint Expert Panel (JEP) tasked with examining the valuation of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)…

  • 11 May 2018

    The shadow chancellor John McDonnell has joined a call by UCU for clarity on the right of migrant workers to take part in strike action without risking their immigration…

  • 10 November 2017

    CU has welcomed the news that the Open University has reversed its policy of barring Cuban students from studying at the institution In the summer UCU wrote to…

  • 27 October 2017

    Academic freedom row as MP demands list of Brexit professors Responding to news on Tuesday that Conservative whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP had written to universities…

  • 24 October 2017

    Union says letter has "acrid whiff of McCarthyism" about it Responding to news that Conservative whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP has written to universities asking…

  • 13 October 2017

    Apprenticeship starts drop by 61% after levy introduced The number of people starting apprenticeships between May and July fell by 61% compared to the previous…

  • 15 September 2017

    More pressure on colleges ahead of Tuesday's pay talks Writing in the TES ahead of the further education pay talks on Tuesday, UCU head of further education Andrew…

  • 15 September 2017

    It was a busy few days for UCU delegates at the 149th annual TUC congress in Brighton this week UCU's delegation at TUC Congress 2017 © Jess Hurd/ reportdigital.co.uk…

  • 10 September 2017

    Immigrants do not depress wages, employers like Sports Direct do and immigrants are not destroying the NHS, they are saving it, UCU general secretary Sally Hunt…

  • 8 September 2017

    Vice-chancellors' summer in the spotlight leads to ministerial threats over pay After a summer with their pay and perks in the spotlight, vice-chancellors finally…