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4 June 2018
Congress shut down by staff walkouts
The UCU congress should have been a council of war for the struggle to come.
30 May 2018
UCU conference: Build the union, build the struggles!
It's been an explosive year for the University and College Union
9 May 2018
France '68: History's greatest general strike erupts
France, May 1968: week two: The legacy of the French revolution of 1848, the second time France overthrew a monarchy, played an important part in the escalation of the demonstrations and street fighting in Paris.
2 May 2018
May 1968: Police attacks on students spark mass revolt
France '68 - week one: A wooden beam will appear quite solid and unchanged as termites chew away within it. But there comes a time when one step can bring down the whole rotten house. In May of 1968 the whole structure of capitalism in France was in jeopardy.
18 April 2018
UCU members vote to end pensions dispute
Universities UK has been forced to state that 100% defined contribution pensions are off the table
4 April 2018
Reject the deal - keep the action on
Consultation of UCU branches has been rushed, and there is a feeling among many members that it has been railroaded through
28 March 2018
Strike action forces bosses to retreat but keep the pressure on
UCU members are on the cusp of victory - but not quite there yet.
28 March 2018
Liverpool Uni staff set to fight 220 job losses
The University of Liverpool has announced 220 redundancies. Vice-Chancellor Janet Beer is also head of Universities UK, the body trying to carry out colossal cuts to university workers' pensions, writes Hugh Caffrey, North West Socialist Party.
14 March 2018
Strike continues: set dates for next national action
University strikers have determinedly fought on with their pensions strike
7 March 2018
Years of fees, cuts and marketisation have created an army of low-paid and casualised workers
1 March 2018
National lecturers' pension strike continues
Students have been actively supporting the strikes of UCU members
23 February 2018
Lecturers strike around country in defence of pensions
UCU members in 61 universities have started their 14 days of strike action
31 January 2018
University workers' walkout for decent pensions
UCU members in 61 universities will be taking strike action in February and March
31 January 2018
Fat cat vice chancellors schooled by Brum students
Students at the University of Birmingham lambasted their fat cat vice chancellor (VC) David Eastwood during his 'Question Time' event on 25 January. The room was filled with students rightfully angered by Eastwood's role at the university.
24 January 2018
Lecturers vote for strikes against pension cuts
88% of University and College Union (UCU) members in 68 universities have voted for national strikes on a 58% turnout.
24 January 2018
Southampton: Pay rise for uni boss, job losses for lecturers
Universities in England have become a microcosm of capitalism. At Southampton University the vice-chancellor has awarded himself a pay rise to £424,000, while at the same time making plans to sack over 50 lecturers.
10 January 2018
Bigot Toby Young quits - now scrap the new uni regulator driving privatisation
Bigoted Tory journalist Toby Young has resigned from the board of the government's new universities regulator, the Office for Students (OfS).
3 January 2018
UCU members balloting for action on pension cuts
Anger is approaching boiling point at plans to do away with guaranteed benefits
3 January 2018
Mobilise against rip-off executive pay
Higher education: In the new year honours, five 'fat cat' current and former vice-chancellors were rewarded for their 'services to education'
13 December 2017
Uni market 'failure', two-year degrees - end cuts, scrap fees!
Less than a third of higher education students think their course offers value for money according to the National Audit Office. Its chief says universities would be accused of "mis-selling" if they were banks. This comes as no surprise!
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