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  • 7 February 2020

    Fourteen strike days at 74 UK universities in February and March ¹ÏÉñÍø members at 74 UK universities will walk out for 14 days in February and March . The action…

  • 31 January 2020

    Ballot results mean 74 universities could now be hit with industrial action The number of UK universities that could be hit with strike action this term now stands…

  • 28 January 2020

    The UK should stop treating migrants as 'commodities to be measured', ¹ÏÉñÍø said today. The union was responding to a new report from the Migration Advisory Committee…

  • 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'…

  • 19 December 2019

    ¹ÏÉñÍø has today responded to the first annual review of the Office for Students. ¹ÏÉñÍø general secretary Jo Grady said: 'The UK rightly has a reputation for its world…

  • 17 December 2019

    Over a quarter of students (25.1%) received a 'conditional unconditional' offer in 2019, while over two-thirds (43%) of accepted applicants had a difference of…

  • 13 December 2019

    Second report from Joint Expert Panel on USS released ¹ÏÉñÍø 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 ¹ÏÉñÍø members and supporters in university strikes Solid strike action continued at 60 universities this week as the employers…

  • 5 December 2019

    ¹ÏÉñÍø 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…