What next for the UCU after Sally Hunt’s exit?
The departure of the University and College Union’s long-time leader has intensified calls for democratic reform, and activists could take a greater role
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UCU leader Sally Hunt resigns for health reasons
University and College Union leader steps down with immediate effect after 12 years in charge
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UCU’s Sally Hunt censured over handling of pensions strike
No-confidence motion that triggered walkouts at the University and College Union’s June congress is shelved at recall event
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Sally Hunt clings on as UCU leader as congress curtailed
Staff refuse to allow delegates to consider motion calling for general secretary’s resignation
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UCU’s Sally Hunt still has broad support
The headline of your article “Sally Hunt clings on as UCU leader as congress curtailed” (News, 1 June) is lazy and sensationalist. Hunt is not clinging on as general secretary of the union. She has...
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Sally Hunt: Time to get our act together
Call to put differences aside, ahead of UCU Congress in Brighton
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Sally Hunt: If I were voted general secretary of the UCU
The third in a series of three articles in which candidates vying tolead the University and College Union explain what distinguishes them from their rivals. There are lots of political parties, and...
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Who will succeed Sally Hunt as UCU’s general secretary?
Jack Grove speaks to the three candidates vying to take over from the University and College’s long-time leader and assesses how they will approach sector’s challenges
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Sally Hunt: universities should ‘donate strike pay to bursaries’
UCU leader will tell congress that docked salaries should be handed to student hardship funds
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Sally Hunt wins landslide in UCU general secretary poll
Sally Hunt has been re-elected as general secretary of the University and College Union after defeating her only opponent Mark Campbell by a margin of 6,835 votes and gaining 73 per cent of the...
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Sally Hunt paid extra £400K by UCU on leaving general secretary job
‘Settlement’ brought to light by report on union leaders’ pay from pressure group
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What next for UCU and Jo Grady after strike ballot failure?
With one dispute won but another floundering, some believe lack of strikes could actually benefit UK’s main academic union in latest talks with employers, but others are preparing to try to unseat...
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New Year Honours 2022: damehoods for pioneering female leaders
Julie Lydon and Sarah Springman recognised alongside vice-chancellors, UUK chief executive and former UCU leader
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The week in higher education – 17 September 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Jo Grady: universities can ignore their staff no longer
After the pensions strike, employees’ sense of ‘helplessness’ has ‘evaporated’, says incoming UCU leader