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College lecturers launch strike action in pay dispute

Thousands of lecturers and other staff will launch a campaign of strike action from Monday in a dispute over pay. Around 4,000 members of the University and College Union (UCU) at 31 colleges in England will take up to 10 days of strike action over ...

26 Sept 2022 at 01:01

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

Scotland

University staff stage five-day strike in pay and pensions dispute

Staff at 11 Scottish universities will walk out in five consecutive days of strike action this week in a dispute over pensions and pay and conditions. It is the third round of strike action of the academic year by members of the ...

21 Mar 2022 at 01:25

More university strikes could take place ‘throughout 2022’ and stop graduations

Students could be prevented from graduating by university staff walkouts continuing for the rest of the year, a union has warned. On Tuesday, the University and College Union said it would open new strike ballots over pensions, ...

08 Mar 2022 at 19:25

Grade requirements for student loans ‘would be attack on working class learners’

Plans to consider minimum grade requirements for student loans are an “attack” on poorer pupils and “fly in the face of the levelling up agenda”, a university staff union has said. On Thursday, the Government unveiled its ...

24 Feb 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 ...

04 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Schools and councils across Northern Ireland affected by strike action

Many frontline services have been affected across Northern Ireland due to strike action by workers. School transport, meals and council services such as bin collections have been disrupted by the action over pay. In a ...

21 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Derry News

Sympathy with students but strike action a last resort for Magee lecturers

Lecturers at Magee College have defended their right to strike following a handful of dissenting student voices. While student support for lecturers on the picket line at the Ulster University campus has largely been ...

18 Feb 2022 at 17:33

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 ...

27 Jan 2022 at 19:55

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 ...

14 Feb 2022 at 16:25

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

Scotland

Tributes paid as body found in search for missing academic

Abertay University paid tribute to one of its academics as a body was found after he was reported missing. A search was launched after Dr Andy Samuel, 59, was reported missing, having been last seen off ...

04 Sept 2022 at 13:43

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