Unions

Members of the University and College Union at the University of Aberdeen are being balloted on potential strike action over the loss of 150 jobs

UCU claims two members may have been targeted for ‘role in union’

Members of the University and College Union at the University of Dundee have voted to strike in protest at the threat of compulsory redundancies

Left impugns tactics in Universities Superannuation Scheme dispute but negotiators claim improvements were achieved

Move follows row over ‘shadow’ disciplinary panel set up in reaction to institution’s performance management

Letter urges university staff to reject new pensions offer and renew strike action, despite warnings that success is unlikely

Industrial action called over the reforms to pre-1992 university pensions has been suspended.

A University and College Union event saw ‘an outburst and walkout’ by black members in protest at the union’s alleged failure to tackle race issues

UCU to consult on halting action to allow more talks, provided academics’ pay is not docked

Action follows management decision to withhold pay from academics taking part in marking boycott

Institutions told that UCU members are prepared to ‘dig in’ on pensions reform ahead of November marking boycott at 69 campuses

Union members at the University of South Wales are set to strike in a row over job cuts

Council demands for extra savings to boost surplus will harm staff morale, says UCU

Princess Anne’s visit to King’s College London has been postponed after a staff walk-out in protest at proposed job cuts.

Princess Anne to open new neuroscience building as staff take action over job cuts

UCU congress approves plan to send information-gathering group but cost and safety concerns are raised

Motion to allow staff at better-off institutions to arrange extra pay voted down at UCU congress

Higher education committee censured as call to launch tougher actions against employers is passed at UCU congress

Derecognising Unite and Unison has led to greater employee engagement with the university, says the University of Reading’s John Brady

Union threatens action over subtraction of a day’s pay for a two-hour walkout

Union seeks court clearance to bill lecturer in failed anti‑Semitism claim

Marking boycott called off as 2 per cent offer accepted

The University and College Union has officially called off its marking boycott after members voted to accept a new pay deal from employers

Marking boycott suspended as union warns accepting deal would represent a ‘damaging defeat’

The University and College Union has agreed to postpone its planned boycott of marking after employers made a 2 per cent pay offer for next year.

Scottish union angry that current dispute not on agenda

As strike force falters, some UCU members and industrial relations experts think escalation is needed

Tristram Hunt, Labour’s shadow education secretary, has been criticised by party colleagues after crossing a University and College Union picket line

Staff at 11 higher education institutions are to walk out for a whole day in a protest of what they believe is “unlawfully deducted” pay.

University staff have walked out for the fifth time over this year’s “miserly” 1 per cent pay offer.

But law might not be on its side in its effort to prevent docking of full day’s pay, solicitor says

Thousands take part despite pay threat, UCU says

V-c acknowledges ‘agonising’ decision faced by staff over two-hour walkout

Several universities are threatening to deduct a full day’s pay for anyone taking part in a two-hour walkout, a union has claimed

Three two-hour strikes aimed at disrupting teaching at UK universities have been announced

The University and College Union has called on the government to force universities to reveal why they award large pay rises to senior staff

UCU fears more support staff will be forced out to cover REF recruitment costs

Lectures and seminars are likely to be cancelled across the UK as university staff hold a second national walk-out over pay.

Working Time Regulations not as restrictive as UCU thinks, lawyer argues

A second university has threatened academics with a loss of pay over working to rule, Times Higher Education has discovered. 

Unions representing higher education staff have announced a second nationwide strike for 3 December.

A university threatened staff that it would dock them a day’s pay if they did not work unpaid overtime, it has emerged.

Only threat of further strikes will force Ucea to renegotiate pay, unions say

But employers dismiss potential impact of one-day strike

University staff will hold a one-day strike on 31 October in a row over pay

Nearly two-thirds of University and College Union members voting in a ballot have backed strike action in a row over pay.

UCU criticises ‘gun to head’ of 2,800 non-academic staff

Staff at the University of Liverpool will ballot for strike action over plans to alter employees’ terms and conditions.

The University of Liverpool has been accused of “putting a gun to the head” of almost 3,000 staff who a union says face losing their jobs unless they accept altered working terms and conditions

Lecturers’ union agrees to trim national committee but not on scale called for by general secretary Sally Hunt

Scholars go hungry as a result of casualisation, congress hears

Lecturers in the University and College Union have moved a step closer to taking industrial action after the union decided to urge members to reject a 1 per cent pay offer

Staff in higher education are being urged to reject a “disappointing” 1 per cent final pay offer by universities.

Arguments intensify over union’s austerity plans in run-up to congress

Cut on cards as union looks to live within its means

The latest round of job cuts at the University of Salford could see up to 87 professional service staff made redundant, with the institution blaming a fall in student numbers under the new system.

Union takes on management over ‘academic annex’ reforms

Staff costs may be slashed to plug budget hole