Employment issues

Book charting ascent to Cambridge professorship to be released posthumously, family confirms

Union passes vote of no confidence in executive board over high workloads and job insecurity

Employer body says it is unable to instruct institutions to increase staff pay until unions decide whether to enter dispute

Coverage that went beyond ‘legitimate’ questions of academic integrity should be investigated, says group of black leaders

Vice-chancellor insists university must make further savings because of ongoing financial pressures

Vice-chancellor says university needs to look hard at how it handled allegations of bullying within Institute of Astronomy

University closes programmes just as applicants find out if they have gained a place, with students told to transfer to other courses or study 80 miles away

With industrial action threatening graduations, parents of affected students urge parties to reach agreement

Deborah Prentice calls case an ‘aberration’ that should not be used to undermine other black scholars

Fixating on the remarkable life story of ex-University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday did a disservice to black scholars, says Femi Owolade

Deborah Prentice accused of just ‘rubber-stamping’ decisions amid university investigation ‘beset by delays’

Science and maths programmes among those suspended in recent months, with UCU claiming decisions are being made ‘in haste’

Union warns move will create ‘two-tier’ workforce and save university only £36k

Being at the ‘top of your game’ no guarantee of job security, warns decorated historian now facing the chop

Celebrities join calls for Devon university to change course, as union ballots members over industrial action

Union members to stage prolonged walkout after university announced it is looking to cut 200 more jobs

Healthy financial position of giant UK sector scheme may mean universities and their staff have to pay in less

Simple interventions will not solve the complex dynamics behind gender inequities, study finds

Analysis of staff data finds skew to teaching-only roles in entry-level positions, with scale of cuts not reflected at more senior levels

Free speech group reports 43 institutions to regulator after identifying job adverts asking candidates to demonstrate commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Students’ resits and graduations hit by union action over planned restructure

National pay award expected to be postponed, while some university employees question decision to opt out of collective bargaining

Plans to close courses would have national impact, politicians write in letter urging university to reconsider

Plans to employ teaching-focused academics via subsidiary firm should worry whole sector, say UCU representatives

‘Impossible to plan’ for research and teaching, say staff, as threat of redundancy looms large over summer breaks

Universities may pause major staffing changes as they are predicted to save millions, experts say, but ‘volatility’ of scheme means some will press on

‘Unacceptable’ that academics are facing more redundancies, says UCU, but university insists it must adapt

Sham and shortcut consultations frowned on, as Canberra mulls more governance reforms

Recruiting whoever costs least, unsettles least and matches current operational needs most closely is self-defeating on many levels, says Peter Sutoris

Universities could save up to £900 million after years of sky-high payments 

Staff file complaint about university for a second time, saying things have ‘got worse’ since previous investigation

Study finds working away from the office can add to feelings of being ‘overwhelmed and overloaded’

Satisfaction gained from academic jobs undermined by mounting workloads and ‘creeping’ administrative burden, finds study

Leading department being in the firing line shows how changing student preferences are fundamentally reshaping universities

‘Pronounced penalties’ for those early-career staff with children may explain why PhDs postpone becoming a parent, finds study

Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go

University defends decision to shutter provision after more than a century because of declining recruitment

Vice-chancellor says action must be taken to ‘remain financially sustainable’

Campaigners call for institutions to commit to giving new dads six weeks off as audit reveals stark differences in entitlements across sector

As academics warn university reforms will threaten autonomy and decimate faculties, country’s education minister says changes are needed to align with labour market needs

UCU declares ‘no confidence’ in Lincoln management while redundancy plans prompt fresh dispute in north east

Interim leader drops plans to lose 150 jobs amid reports that announcement of process ‘blindsided’ university’s council

University declines to answer questions from staff or the media, with restructure plans affecting hundreds of jobs continuing despite leadership vacuum

University says further savings needed to ‘survive’ but Màiri McAllan urges pause to ‘interrogate the evidence’

University to keep employing academics directly after predictions that contribution rates to Teachers’ Pension Scheme will come down

Edinburgh extends pay deductions to those who refuse to cover for colleagues taking part in industrial action

Sudden departure revealed days after financially ‘strong’ university opened consultations over 140 proposed job losses

Majority elect to stay enrolled on more expensive TPS despite offer of incentives up to £12,000

Interim leader of arts institution takes swipe at striking UCU branch, saying it is ‘not facing up to harsh financial realities’

Dedicated round ‘made me more comfortable being ambitious’, says Cambridge engineer – one of 600 applicants from more than 40 countries

With hundreds of jobs on the line and dozens of courses at risk, staff living through one of the biggest university restructuring projects of recent years fear they are shouldering the blame for wider failures

Members at union’s congress debate whether to hold another national ballot despite failure to reach threshold last year

‘Decisive action’ is needed to address structural deficit despite recent cost-saving measures, says principal 

Union tells staff to walk out after academics taking part in boycott told they will lose full pay

UCU leader tells annual congress that sector faces threats like never before and issues cannot be fixed under current model

Union fears remaining staff will face even heavier workloads as 500 jobs have already been lost over past two years

UCU general secretary tells Times Higher Education that university risks being changed ‘beyond recognition’ if 600 job losses go ahead

Union warns that female nursing staff face being moved on to inferior terms while male engineers retain research rights

Australian study reveals lower salaries, inconsistent seniority levels and thwarted development opportunities for leaders appointed to oversee indigenous access

University faces major escalation of industrial action after putting 2,700 people at risk of redundancy