The general secretary of the University and College Union has pledged to continue to press private colleges on issues such as quality of provision and working conditions after claiming that the union...
The phrase "industrial action" usually summons up images of workers huddled around blazing braziers as they shiver on the picket line.But for some in the University and College Union, it means a...
UCU committee backs escalating action in February and March after rejecting employers＊ initial pay rise offer
Union fears a two-tier system will emerge and damage staff recruitment. John Morgan reports
The University and College Union has taken a step towards national strike action over job security - and is also threatening to launch the "greatest industrial dispute" ever in higher education if...
More than 600 academics record resignation in online document
A decision on whether to wind up the Universities Superannuation Scheme's final-salary pensions could be made this week - but talks between employers' and members' representatives are so far...
UCU appeal is latest escalation of row over future of Universities Superannuation Scheme
UCU leadership criticised for making ＆unilateral＊ decisions as academics scramble to get back to work
Universities Superannuation Scheme is in ＆rude health＊, says Mervyn King
Universities UK describes decision as ＆hugely disappointing＊
David Willetts has applied extra pressure to the pension-reform process, saying that students should not be expected to "prop up" the academy's final-salary deals.The comments by Mr Willetts, the...
Regretfully, many staff in higher education have already witnessed the end of final-salary pension schemes ("Warning sounded on final-salary pensions", 7 January).Institutions such as the...
It is important to clarify a number of points as the predictable scaremongering about the USS pension scheme appears to be increasing. First, such scaremongering is unhelpful. The University and...
The University and College Union read with interest the valiant attempt by the Universities UK chief executive Nicola Dandridge to sell the employers' proposals to reform the Universities...