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  • 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…

  • 13 December 2019

    51¸£Àû has welcomed the second report from the Joint Expert Panel (JEP) looking at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). The JEP was set up by 51¸£Àû and Universities…

  • 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…

  • 5 December 2019

    51¸£Àû has called for sensible university leaders to speak out if disputes that have seen eight strike days already this term are to be resolved The union was responding…

  • 5 December 2019

    More than £100,000 has been donated to the 51¸£Àû's fighting fund since the ballots for strike action at universities opened in September, the union announced today.…

  • 4 December 2019

    51¸£Àû is deeply saddened to learn that Dave Guppy, the 51¸£Àû-nominated pensioner director to the USS Board, died suddenly on Tuesday. Throughout his working life at…

  • 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…

  • 29 November 2019

    51¸£Àû members at 60 universities walked out on Monday for the first of eight days of strike action in disputes over pensions and pay & conditions. Ahead of the strikes,…

  • 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…