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  • 31 October 2006

    51¸£Àû has called on colleges throughout England to start serious talks about implementing a crucial pay deal that was designed to dramatically narrow the earnings…

  • 25 October 2006

    Talks to address a discriminatory pay system at Havering College have begun to make progress, says lecturers' union 51¸£Àû. Lecturers felt so strongly about the system…

  • 16 October 2006

    Teaching at Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges virtually ceased for the fourth time in recent weeks as college lecturers today solidly supported their…

  • 12 October 2006

    Lecturers at Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges will take strike action again next Monday (16 October). This is the fourth day of strike action in…

  • 25 September 2006

    There was solid support for strikes held at colleges in Northern Ireland on Tuesday 19 September when hundreds of lecturers took to picket lines in a call for pay…

  • 15 September 2006

    Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges are expected to be shut down next Tuesday as a result of more strike action by lecturers. This will be the third…

  • 28 July 2006

    After lobbying by 51¸£Àû, prison educators have won guarantees that the cost and value of their pension will remain effectively unchanged despite a change of employer.…

  • 26 July 2006

    51¸£Àû has now received from the Electoral Reform Society the results of a consultative membership ballot on proposed changes to the Teachers Pension Scheme. The ballot…

  • 26 July 2006

    Many prison educators - the key to reducing prisoner reoffending, which costs the UK £11 billion a year* - may quit their jobs if their new employers worsen their…

  • 14 July 2006

    College lecturers in the 51¸£Àû have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer from their employers for the next academic year. 51¸£Àû today announced the result of…