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23 February 2018
Responding to a statement from Universities UK (UUK) saying it would talk on Tuesday 27 February, 51¸£Àû said it would certainly be attending as it had been calling…
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22 February 2018
Newcastle University vice-chancellor, Professor Chris Day, has today broken rank with Universities UK to support striking lecturers and called for negotiations…
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22 February 2018
New polling shows that students support strike action being taken by university staff and think universities are most to blame for the action.
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20 February 2018
A month of strikes due to hit 65 universities* will begin on Thursday (22 February) after the universities' representatives refused to return to negotiations with…
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20 February 2018
Members of the 51¸£Àû at universities in Scotland will begin walkouts on Thursday as a wave of strikes hit in a row over pensions. The strikes will affect over 145,000…
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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…
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15 February 2018
The University of Southampton's Science and Engineering Day has been cancelled because of staff taking strike action in a row over pensions. Organisers said the…
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14 February 2018
The vice-chancellor was either on the committee that sets their pay or allowed to attend its meetings at 95% of UK universities. Three-quarters of institutions…
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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…
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2 February 2018
February strike dates set in USS pensions row Fourteen days of strikes at 61 UK universities will begin on Thursday 22 February, 51¸£Àû announced on Monday . An escalating…
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