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28 April 2026
Members of UCU at Dundee university are being re-balloted from today for industrial action in a long running dispute over cuts and the threat of compulsory redundancies.…
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27 April 2026
UCU members at the University of Edinburgh will begin a marking and assessment boycott at the end of this week as part of a dispute over £140million cuts, up to…
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24 April 2026
Staff at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) have backed possible strikes in a dispute over jobs cuts and the possibility of compulsory redundancies. In the ballot…
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23 April 2026
All new Chichester University workers are no longer allowed onto the industry standard pension schemes, and instead solely have access to an inferior scheme, leaving…
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22 April 2026
Staff at the University of Essex will strike again tomorrow (Thursday 23 April), having already taken 16 days of action in a fight to save jobs, protect course…
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22 April 2026
Southampton Solent University staff will begin five days of strike action next week after management began forcing them out of their pension scheme by threatening…
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22 April 2026
UCU members at Queen Margaret University (QMU) are being balloted from today for strike action in a dispute over jobs, working conditions and changes to working…
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21 April 2026
Eight days of strike action starting tomorrow will take place after management yesterday rejected an offer made by the university's UCU branch.
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20 April 2026
Responding to the announcement of the new university free speech complaints system, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said:
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16 April 2026
The shocking announcement to cut 450 jobs at Ulster University is unprecedented and represents a direct threat to the quality of education, respect for staff, desires…
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