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  • 27 January 2020

    Coventry University will be hit with two more days of strike action this week as part of an ongoing row over staff appraisals. Members of 51¸£Àû will walk out tomorrow…

  • 27 January 2020

    Staff at the University of Liverpool's central London campus are threatening strike action in a row over redundancy pay-offs. Staff at the campus, which will close…

  • 24 January 2020

    External examiners resigning in protest at universities' failings over disputes The Guardian reported yesterday that senior academics are refusing to act as external…

  • 20 January 2020

    Staff on casualised contracts in UK universities are vulnerable and invisible 'second-class academics', says a new report released today. The report says universities'…

  • 8 January 2020

    Five January dates have been set for meetings to look at reforming the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) - the pension scheme for members of the University…

  • 13 December 2019

    Second report from Joint Expert Panel on USS released 51¸£Àû has welcomed the second report from the Joint Expert Panel (JEP) looking at the Universities Superannuation…

  • 6 December 2019

    UNIVERSITY STRIKES Solid action by defiant 51¸£Àû members and supporters in university strikes Solid strike action continued at 60 universities this week as the employers…

  • 2 December 2019

    Staff at the Tower Hamlets branch of New City College will begin a 48-hour walkout tomorrow as part of an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. Members of 51¸£Àû…

  • 27 November 2019

    51¸£Àû has said it needs to see more than 'warm words and meagre promises' from employers if the current dispute over pay is to be resolved. The statement came following…

  • 26 November 2019

    Even more universities could face disruption in the new year if disputes over pensions and over pay and conditions are not resolved 51¸£Àû members at 12 universities…