11th January 2024
Staff at Aberdeen are balloting for potential strike action in response to the decision to cut single-honours degrees in modern languages. The University and College Union (UCU) ballot opened on Wednesday and will run until February 7. This comes after the UCU claimed around 30 jobs were at risk due to the cuts. All members ...
29th September 2023
The First Minister has pulled out of an appearance at the University after it emerged that striking lecturers were planning to protest the event. The First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, yesterday cancelled an appearance at the University with the Glasgow University Scottish National Association (GUSNA) planned for today. It later emerged that members of ...
18th September 2023
Strike action by University and College Union (UCU) has gone ahead, affecting classes from today. Students in various schools have had classes cancelled on the first day of term as a result of strikes by the UCU over pay and working conditions. The Glasgow Guardian has been made aware of a number of courses which ...
11th September 2023
The decisions of administration this academic year will be fundamental to the student experience. Freshers’ week is once more upon us at the University of Glasgow, and with it comes for many of you a fresh start – perhaps you’re a fresher leaving your hometown to embark upon your university journey, or a returning student ...
8th September 2023
Data seen by The Glasgow Guardian has revealed the true extent of the marking assessment boycott. At least 606 students graduated from the University of Glasgow without a degree classification last term, The Glasgow Guardian can reveal following a freedom of information request. The subject area with the highest number of students unable to graduate ...
22nd March 2023
The frustration follows the announcement regarding pensions and a “double barrelled” ballot question. The University and College Union (UCU) has received backlash from lecturers and university staff regarding the wording of ballot questions and union communication. The UCU announced in a tweet on 17 March that in an electronic ballot, members voted 2 to 1 ...
22nd February 2023
Fixed-term contracts have increased for staff across all colleges of the University, with women and BAME staff more likely to experience casualisation. An investigation by The Glasgow Guardian has found that the number of academic staff employed on fixed-term contracts at the University of Glasgow has increased by 16.1% over the last four years. The ...
21st February 2023
The Glasgow Guardian talks industrial action, sex discrimination and devolution with UCU Scotland presidential candidate Professor Jeanette Findlay. In her own words a “serious and realistic trade unionist”, Jeanette Findlay, a Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow is running for presidency of the Universities and College Union (UCU) Scotland branch. After recently losing...
21st February 2023
The University and College Union’s last-minute decision last Friday to halt upcoming strike action has been met with criticism and panic from some members, including UofG staff. The University and College Union (UCU) has announced that it will pause strike action for the next two weeks, following “significant progress across a range of issues,” including ...
