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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), two-thirds ...

25 Mar 2022 at 01:25

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 response to the Augar ...

24 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Thousands of university workers stage strike in row over pay and pensions

Thousands of staff at Scottish universities are set to picket institutions across the country as they walk out over pay, pensions and conditions. Some 8,000 members of the University and College Union (UCU) in Scotland will strike on Thursday,...

24 Nov 2022 at 03:45

Wave of strikes set to be held across the country

Strike action by workers across the country in disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and conditions is set to escalate in the weeks before Christmas, with the likelihood of industrial action continuing into 2023. Here are some of the strikes or ...

23 Nov 2022 at 17:57

University staff and civil servants stage fresh strikes over pay and conditions

University staff and civil servants staged more walkouts on Tuesday as figures revealed the UK recorded the highest number of working days lost to strike action for more than a decade in December. Tens of thousands of University and ...

14 Feb 2023 at 12:55

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 Kinloch, the Isle of Rum, at ...

04 Sept 2022 at 13:43

Top universities use ‘gig-economy’ employment practices for researchers – union

Leading universities in the UK are using “gig-economy” employment practices for staff in their research departments, a union has warned. Two in three research-only staff in UK universities are employed on fixed-term contracts – a ...

31 Jan 2024 at 12:31

Scotland

‘Meaningful’ pay offer urged as university staff stage third day of strikes

The union representing striking academics has said employers need to make a “meaningful” offer on pay and pensions, as they walked out for their third day of industrial action. Thousands of university staff joined strike action ...

30 Nov 2022 at 15:16

University employers and union meeting amid marking boycott

University employers are holding talks with the University and College Union (UCU) amid an ongoing marking boycott. More than 140 universities across the UK have refused to mark exams or assessments since April 20 in a dispute ...

14 Jul 2023 at 12:07

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 ...

04 Mar 2022 at 16:55

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 lecturers walk ...

14 Feb 2022 at 16:25

Aberdeen University staff to vote on strikes over language course changes

Scotland

Aberdeen University staff to vote on strike action over language course changes

Staff at Aberdeen University are being balloted over potential strike action after the institution decided it will no longer offer single degrees in modern languages. The University and College Union (UCU) says about 30 ...

03 Jan 2024 at 09:08

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