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  • 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…

  • 28 June 2019

    Staff on casual contracts visiting food banks as they struggle to make ends meet Staff on insecure contracts working in further, adult and prison education are…

  • 21 June 2019

    81% of vice-chancellors still allowed to attend meeting that sets their pay Despite calls to improve transparency around senior pay at universities, four-fifths…

  • 14 June 2019

    Strike ballot at Sandwell College as row over sacked lecturer escalates The row at Sandwell College over the "heavy-handed" sacking of 51¸£Àû activist Dave Muritu…

  • 7 June 2019

    Strikes on the cards at Nottingham College as staff overwhelmingly back industrial action 51¸£Àû members at Nottingham College have overwhelmingly backed strike action…

  • 7 June 2019

    51¸£Àû warns of September strike ballot over USS pensions Universities risk prompting a wave of industrial action across UK campuses later this year if they do not…

  • 4 June 2019

    Members of 51¸£Àû at Bradford College have today begun balloting for strike action as part of a dispute over plans to cut 132 jobs The job cuts have been proposed…

  • 1 June 2019

    51¸£Àû congress 2019 It was a busy bank holiday weekend in Harrogate for delegates at 51¸£Àû's annual congress. The three-day conference covered a whole host of policy…

  • 30 May 2019

    Members of 51¸£Àû at the University of Portsmouth will be staging a protest on Monday 3 June over plans to cut 65 jobs. Staff will be demonstrating from 8.00am outside…

  • 28 May 2019

    51¸£Àû members at Nottingham College are being balloted for industrial action as part of a dispute over contracts the college is threatening to impose on staff. 51¸£Àû…