The University trade union UCU have announced that their members have voted to take 14 days of strike action in February and March of this year. UCU represents most academic staff, including lecturers and professions, managerial […]
Controversy continues post-October Strikes
From the 11 to the 13 of October, various lecturers went on strike at the University of Leeds to protest the recent developments regarding the basis upon staff may be dismissed from work. To give context, the University and College Union (UCU) aimed to […]
Lecturers to consider strike action
Students have been urged to support lecturers in a vote which could lead to strike action over ‘radical’ changes to pensions. The Universities and Colleges Union is asking members in 67 UK universities, including Leeds, […]
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This Halloween, staff from the University and Colleges Union (UCU,) Unite and Unison took industrial action against higher education campuses across the country. The strike came as part of an ongoing dispute with University management that […]