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

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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

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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.

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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.

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14 March 2018

Strike continues: set dates for next national action

University strikers have determinedly fought on with their pensions strike

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7 March 2018

UCU strike: bosses on the run

Years of fees, cuts and marketisation have created an army of low-paid and casualised workers

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1 March 2018

National lecturers' pension strike continues

Students have been actively supporting the strikes of UCU members

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23 February 2018

Lecturers strike around country in defence of pensions

UCU members in 61 universities have started their 14 days of strike action

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31 January 2018

University workers' walkout for decent pensions

UCU members in 61 universities will be taking strike action in February and March

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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3 January 2018

UCU members balloting for action on pension cuts

Anger is approaching boiling point at plans to do away with guaranteed benefits

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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'

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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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6 December 2017

Demonstrations by uni students and staff greet Bath vice-chancellor resignation

Glynis Breakwell had also claimed £20,000 in expenses, including £2 for a packet of biscuits, leading to chants of "books not biscuits"

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4 October 2017

University of Leeds workers walk out

Staff at the University of Leeds are taking industrial action in a dispute the University and College Union (UCU) has declared to be of national importance

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13 September 2017

Interview with leader of students' union in the Spanish state: "When we fight, we win!"

Class struggle is understood in such a natural way. We have no choice. If we don't fight there is no future for us.

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31 May 2017

Student occupation at Chelsea College of Arts

University management rethinks restructure: Eight fine art research staff have been made redundant, and university management has been emailing all staff offering 'voluntary redundancies'

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