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  • 9 September 2019

    Members of 51¸£Àû at Nottingham College will walk out on Wednesday (11 September) in the first of a mammoth 15 days of strike action as part of a row over new contracts.…

  • 6 September 2019

    USS members £240,000 worse off as costs rise and benefits cut   USS members are paying far more for their pension, but will lose tens of thousands of pounds in…

  • 31 August 2019

    51¸£Àû said  a £400m funding pledge from the chancellor for further education  fell 'well short' of reversing government cuts and restoring college budgets to 2010…

  • 29 August 2019

    Staff at the Tower Hamlets branch of New City College will walk out on strike tomorrow in their sixth day of action as part of an ongoing row over pay and conditions.…

  • 2 August 2019

    Jo Grady is 51¸£Àû general secretary 51¸£Àû general secretary Jo Grady officially started in the role yesterday. Speaking to Times Higher Education , she said that universities…

  • 30 July 2019

    51¸£Àû has said it does not believe axing the skills minister is a positive move. The union was responding to news that former skills minister Anne Milton will not…

  • 23 July 2019

    Colleges should be repositioned at the heart of a lifelong learning system for the 21st century, says the  Transformative Teaching and Learning in Further Education…

  • 12 July 2019

    Racism in universities is "widespread and widely tolerated" On Saturday, the Guardian ran a huge expose of racism of university campuses. The paper said its findings,…

  • 5 July 2019

    71% of university staff say insecure contracts have damaged their mental health Staff in UK universities working on insecure contracts say the lack of security…

  • 1 July 2019

    Members of 51¸£Àû at Bradford College will be on strike for three days this week in rows over job cuts and pay. Staff will walk out on Wednesday 3, Thursday 4 and…