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  • 26 February 2018

    Members of 51¸£Àû at 14 colleges will be on strike on Wednesday and Thursday this week (28 February & 1 March) in an ongoing row over pay.

  • 16 February 2018

    USS strikes less than a week away, but universities still refusing to talk Universities' refusal to talk to 51¸£Àû about the future of the USS pension scheme has angered…

  • 12 February 2018

    Disruption is set to hit 16 colleges (*see table below) after staff voted overwhelmingly for strike action in an ongoing row over pay. Overall, 91% of staff at…

  • 26 January 2018

    February strikes look like a reality in USS pensions row After Universities UK (UUK) refused to budge from its position of scrapping defined benefits in retirement…

  • 15 November 2017

    51¸£Àû has welcomed a call from Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn for the chancellor to use next week's budget to invest in infrastructure, technology and training.…

  • 3 November 2017

    In a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ten bodies representing further education staff, students and providers have called for extra funding to ensure…

  • 20 September 2017

    51¸£Àû has said today that the employers' pay recommendation of 1%, or £250 for the lowest paid staff, fails to address the immediate hardship facing dedicated staff…

  • 15 September 2017

    Ahead of Tuesday's pay talks between 51¸£Àû and the Association of Colleges, 51¸£Àû's head of further education Andrew Harden (pictured) says the decline in pay cannot…

  • 15 September 2017

    More pressure on colleges ahead of Tuesday's pay talks Writing in the TES ahead of the further education pay talks on Tuesday, 51¸£Àû head of further education Andrew…

  • 15 September 2017

    It was a busy few days for 51¸£Àû delegates at the 149th annual TUC congress in Brighton this week 51¸£Àû's delegation at TUC Congress 2017 © Jess Hurd/ reportdigital.co.uk…