18th February 2024
A University and College Union ballot for staff at the University of Aberdeen has returned with a mandate for strike action over proposed cuts to language degrees. University of Aberdeen staff are expected to strike in response to plans from senior management to cut language degrees at the University. The University and College Union (UCU) ...
23rd November 2023
Following a ballot of members, further strikes by the University and College Union are unable to go ahead because of an insufficient turnout for their ballot. A ballot of members of the University and College Union (UCU) has failed to return a mandate for further strike action. The result of the ballot was made public ...
12th January 2023
The strike action follows the rejection of a pay offer from UCEA that UCU determined “falls way short.” The University and College Union (UCU) announced today that every college and university across the UK will participate in an 18 day strike between February and March. There will also be a marking and assessment boycott taking place ...
7th January 2023
Olivia explains the rationale behind the UCU strikes, and why it’s so important for us, as students, to voice our support for them. In November last year, the University and College Union (UCU) announced a national strike, and students and staff showed their overwhelming support at the University picket lines. In my view, it is ...
30th September 2022
With the increase in collective organising and the hard right position of Truss’ neo-Thatcherite Government on trade unionism, what lies down the line? Nurses. Transport workers. Barristers. Airline staff. Postal workers. Teachers. Refuse workers. The increasing cost of living, along with the highest rates of inflation in the last 40 years has produced a rapidly ...
5th February 2022
University staff to walk out for 10 days of industrial action over ongoing pay and pension disputes, as the University of Glasgow “guarantees” minimisation of impact to students during this time. The University and Colleges Union (UCU) has confirmed university strike action will take place across 68 universities in the UK, including the University of ...
