Mon, 07/12/2010 - 14:10
Action over cuts at Manchester College.
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 11:42
Members of UCU at Croydon College will be on strike on 14 July in a row over controversial changes to pay.
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 14:27
UCU today (Friday) welcomed the announcement from the minister for universities and science, David Willetts, that there would be a oneyear delay in order to review proposed changes to the Research Excellence Framework (REF).
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 13:16
Pensions battle looms | Cuts will cost 22,500 jobs | Manchester College | Westminster progress | Willetts delays REF | Sandwell protest | Save LLU | Academies Bill | Islamophobia
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 13:07
Manchester College | Westminster pay docking | FE pay | HE dispute | South Bank University | Call for fees review chief to resign | UCU scoops TUC awards | Brighton University victory | Education key in prisons, says UCU | Sandwell College warned | Violence on rise | Academies Bill | Islamophobia in classrooms
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 10:46
A quango is under fire today (Thursday) for funding university employers to the tune of £627,000 to help them make the case for reducing their staff's pensions.
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 09:32
UCU warned today that universities should brace themselves for serious industrial disruption after it emerged that the chairman of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) Joint Negotiating Committee, Sir Andrew Cubie, sided with the employers' representatives in negotiations over the future of the pension scheme.
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 13:07
Staff and students from Sandwell College will join forces tomorrow (Thursday) for a lunchtime protest organised by members of UCU against job losses and course closures.
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 13:01
If the government pushes ahead with plans for 25% funding cuts then there will be a loss of 22,584 university jobs in England alone, according to new figures released today (Thursday) by UCU.
Fri, 07/02/2010 - 10:34
Members of UCU at City College Birmingham have ended their dispute at the college.
Thu, 07/01/2010 - 09:19
UCU today said Lord Browne should resign from the review into the future of university funding if the process was to have legitimacy. It was announced today that Lord Browne is to become the government's lead nonexecutive director.
Thu, 07/01/2010 - 09:14
Tower Hamlets College will be brought to a standstill on Friday July 3 after members of UCU voted to go on strike as part of their ongoing fight to save jobs and vital adult education courses.
Thu, 07/01/2010 - 09:14
UCU has called for the management and governors of London Metropolitan University (LMU) to be replaced after it was revealed that the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) had 'no confidence in their 'leadership'.
Thu, 07/01/2010 - 09:14
Strike action planned for 2 July.
Thu, 07/01/2010 - 09:14
Tower Hamlets College will be brought to a standstill tomorrow as members of UCU go on strike as part of their ongoing fight to save jobs and vital adult education courses.
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 14:57
UCU today warned Sandwell College that it could face industrial action if it goes ahead with controversial plans for swingeing job cuts. Staff have been informed that 93 posts will be axed as the college looks to make redundancies for the fifth year in a row.
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 13:43
Students and staff at Liverpool University will protest from 1pm tomorrow against threatened wholesale department closures following the recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results. UCU also warned that strike action could be on the cards as worried and angry staff consider their options.
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 11:42
Prisoners without access to education are three times more likely to reoffend " Over half of crime in this country is committed by people who have been to prison
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 09:45
Members of UCU at Manchester College will be on strike tomorrow in a row over terms and conditions.
Fri, 06/25/2010 - 14:45
UCU today welcomed the announcement by Staffordshire University that it will cancel plans to withdraw the university out of national pay bargaining.
