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24 May 2019
Jo Grady elected UCU general secretary Jo Grady has been elected UCU general secretary on a record turnout. The senior lecturer in employment relations at the University…
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23 May 2019
There was a 77% increase in the number of university staff accessing counselling services between 2009 and 2015, according to a report released today. The report…
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1 April 2019
Excessive workloads are taking their toll on the wellbeing of academic staff at Nottingham Trent University, with 94% of academic staff reporting that their workload…
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23 November 2018
First wave of strikes in English colleges to begin on 28 November UCU members at six English colleges will be taking strike action on Wednesday and Thursday as…
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9 October 2018
Students at Newcastle College will be able to receive free sanitary products discreetly if they cannot afford them, thanks to a new campaign against "period poverty".…
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14 September 2018
It was a busy few days for UCU delegates at the 150th anniversary TUC in Manchester this week UCU's general secretary Sally Hunt had the honour of opening the 150…
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25 May 2018
UCU and prison education provider PeoplePlus have today signed a recognition deal that will allow staff to be represented by the union on key issues. The agreement…
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27 September 2017
A college lecturer has won £159,000 in damages in a personal injury stress case against Bradford College. The judge at Bradford County Court found that art and…
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14 June 2017
Lecturers in UCU at Coleg y Cymoedd, have balloted for industrial action to end excessive workloads and to protect learners' education. The action was strongly…
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20 January 2017
No evidence that new providers are fit for purpose The Higher Education and Research Bill was debated for another two days in the House of Lords this week and ahead…
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