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  • 10 May 2019

    UCU says members will make final decision on future of USS UCU said yesterday that it will be members who ultimately decide the next steps in the dispute over the…

  • 9 May 2019

    Industrial action is on the cards at Winchester University after UCU members overwhelmingly backed strikes and action short of a strike The university has said…

  • 3 May 2019

    UCU has today slammed a decision by Birmingham Metropolitan College (BMet) to sell off Stourbridge College, saying learners were paying the price for poor management.…

  • 26 April 2019

    UCU warns against knee-jerk reaction to increase in pension costs UCU has warned universities against making any knee-jerk cuts to jobs or pension benefits in response…

  • 23 April 2019

    UCU members at Winchester University are being balloted for strike action in a row over jobs. The university has said it wants to get rid of 55 posts - around 10%…

  • 5 April 2019

    UCU members will be on strike next week at Coventry College, City of Wolverhampton College and the Warwickshire College Group in a dispute over pay. UCU members…

  • 29 March 2019

    Confused message from government calling for better teaching but not improved grades There was another weekend attack on universities from the government on Sunday…

  • 27 March 2019

    UCU has reacted angrily to news of plans to axe 65 staff at SK College Group. The proposed job losses come just a year after 85 posts went at the college's sites…

  • 22 March 2019

    Strikes at five colleges this week with progress in some disputes UCU members at West Thames College, South Bank College, Croydon College, Bradford College and…

  • 15 March 2019

    Ten colleges face strike action in third wave of walkouts Tes has reported that UCU members at 10 English colleges will be taking three days' strike action next…