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8 July 2019
Staff and students will be protesting at the University of Portsmouth from 12pm on Wednesday over plans to cut jobs in the faculty of science. Protestors will be…
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5 July 2019
Ruskin College in Oxford has been accused of trade union victimisation following a string of disciplinary and redundancy threats directed at UCU members. Three…
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5 July 2019
71% of university staff say insecure contracts have damaged their mental health Staff in UK universities working on insecure contracts say the lack of security…
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4 July 2019
Students and parents attending open days at the University of Cambridge will be met by protestors keen to lift the lid on the exploitative use of students and hourly-paid…
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3 July 2019
Report says staff are working unpaid, holding down multiple jobs and struggling to pay the bills The UCU report says higher education staff are putting off long-term…
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3 July 2019
Responding to the latest findings of the National Student Survey , which show that overall student satisfaction with course quality has risen since 2018, UCU's…
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1 July 2019
Responding to De Montfort University's statement on governance and the revelation that Professor Shellard was awarded £270,000 following his resignation earlier…
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1 July 2019
Members of UCU at Bradford College will be on strike for three days this week in rows over job cuts and pay. Staff will walk out on Wednesday 3, Thursday 4 and…
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28 June 2019
Universities will be hit with industrial action later this year if they do not make a decent pay offer to staff and secure pensions for members of the Universities…
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28 June 2019
Staff on casual contracts visiting food banks as they struggle to make ends meet Staff on insecure contracts working in further, adult and prison education are…
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