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Marking boycott to be enforced by half of university union’s branches

Only 20 universities are going ahead with a proposed marking boycott from Monday, the University and College Union has announced. In April, 41 branches of the UCU backed a marking and assessment boycott, but fewer than half of these are going ahead ...

23 May 2022 at 11:51

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Threat to slash entire wage of Magee College lecturers as Ulster University bosses crack down on planned boycott

Ulster University lecturers face being locked out of work next week after bosses threatened to dock their entire wage if they proceed with a marking and assessment boycott. Lecturers belonging to the University & College Union (UCU) have long been ...

20 May 2022 at 15:33

Durham students target open days in protest over Rod Liddle speech

Durham University students have targeted post-offer visit days to raise concerns in a dispute over a speech given by columnist Rod Liddle at a dinner last year. Students walked out of the event at South College during the columnist’s speech in ...

23 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Nearly two thirds of academics set to leave HE sector – report

The majority of academics are considering leaving the profession over pay, working conditions and pensions, a new report has found. In a survey of nearly 7,000 staff at more than 100 institutions by the University and College Union (UCU), ...

25 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Universities to face five more days of strike action

Universities could face a further five days of strike action beginning later in March, unions have warned. On Friday the University and College Union announced that 68 universities across the UK would face five more days of industrial ...

04 Mar 2022 at 16:55

University lecturers to walk out in 10 days of strike action

More than a million university students will face up to 10 days of strikes by lecturers in February, a union has announced. Students at 68 institutions will see their lecturers walk out in disputes over “beyond disgraceful” pay, ...

27 Jan 2022 at 19:55

Universities defend ‘moral position’ over 100% pay cuts for non-striking staff

Universities have a morally “robust” position over cutting staff pay by up to 100% if they carry out “action short of a strike” during an upcoming walkout, employers have said. Staff at 68 universities will take up to 10 days ...

10 Feb 2022 at 15:25

Scotland

Vice-chancellors urged to help solve pension dispute as university staff strike

Staff at eight Scottish universities will walk out on Monday as a union begins 10 days of industrial action in its battle to stop what its leader has described as “brutal pension cuts”. Over the next five days university ...

14 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Students support striking lecturers with cake and biscuits

University lecturers have said the response from students to ten days of strikes starting today over pay, pensions and working conditions has been “overwhelming”. Students at 68 institutions will see their lecturers ...

14 Feb 2022 at 16:25

‘It’s aggressive’, say university staff about 100% pay cut for striking

University lecturers and students at one London university have said threatened 100% pay cuts for taking part in a strike are “aggressive”. Some universities, including Queen Mary University of London, have ...

10 Feb 2022 at 18:25

Universities union bids for a ‘way out’ to avert fresh strikes

The leading university staff union has said that if its proposals on pensions are heard, this offers a “way out” of imminent strike action. The University and College Union (UCU) has called for new pension ...

26 Jan 2022 at 14:25

Just 1% of UK professors are black, Government figures reveal

The proportion of black professors at UK universities has stalled at just 1%, new Government data shows. Figures published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) on Tuesday reveal that just 160 ...

01 Feb 2022 at 11:55

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