Don’t make £141bn student debt nightmare worse, university staff warn government ahead of spending review
University staff have urged the new Secretary of State for Education to be a ‘voice for students’ and to press the Chancellor to halt plans…
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Second week of college strikes begins today
Staff at six English colleges will be walking out again this week in their ongoing fight for fair pay. The strike is the second week of walk outs in a…
Staff to strike at 10 colleges tomorrow
Staff at 10 English colleges will be walking out tomorrow in their fight for fair pay. The strike is the first of up to 10…
UK university staff to ballot in October over pay and pensions
The University and College Union (@UCU) has today (Wednesday) confirmed that strike ballots will open at UK universities on Monday 18 October in rows over…
Climate Learning Month teaching materials launched in run up to COP 26
Education unions and campaign groups have today (Thursday) launched a set of downloadable climate and sustainability teaching resources for schools, colleges and universities in support of their joint Climate Learning Month initiative taking…
Union responds to trustee and Universities UK agreeing to huge staff pension cuts
Responding to Universities UK’s (@UUKIntl) announcement that cuts to the pensions of university staff will go ahead after agreement of trustee, UCU general secretary Jo…
‘Hands off’ online lecture recordings, union tells universities and colleges
Lecturers warn employers against breaching performance rights, agreements for re-use of recordings should last no more than one year. The University and College Union (UCU)…
University employers force through plans to cut university retirement benefits
Industrial action now ‘inevitable’, union says The University and College Union (@ucu) says industrial action in universities is now ‘inevitable’ after employer body Universities UK…
7 in 10 teachers set to leave prison education, report shows
Report calls for urgent prison education reform with 7 in 10 teachers set to leave Prison educators in England, Wales and Northern Ireland urgently need a pay rise and improved training, as…
UCU responds to reports of compulsory vaccines for students
Responding to reports that the UK government has considered compulsory vaccines for students, University and College Union (@ucu) general secretary Jo Grady, said: ‘Lurching from…