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  • 14 November 2017

    Up to 75 lecturers' jobs are at risk at the University of Southampton across six departments in a restructuring process described by ¹ÏÉñÍø as "rushed and dangerous"…

  • 27 October 2017

    Academic freedom row as MP demands list of Brexit professors Responding to news on Tuesday that Conservative whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP had written to universities…

  • 20 October 2017

    ¹ÏÉñÍø members overwhelmingly back strike action to defend pensions ¹ÏÉñÍø members this week overwhelmingly backed strike action to defend their pensions. Eighty-seven…

  • 20 October 2017

    Ashton-under-Lyne MP and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has told the University of Manchester to "get its house in order" and "give workers the respect…

  • 13 October 2017

    Apprenticeship starts drop by 61% after levy introduced The number of people starting apprenticeships between May and July fell by 61% compared to the previous…

  • 11 October 2017

    Staff at the University of Leeds will take three consecutive days of strike action starting tomorrow (Wednesday) in a dispute over changes to the university's dismissal…

  • 4 October 2017

    Members of ¹ÏÉñÍøÂ at the University of Manchester are planning to strike later this month after they overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a row over 140 job…

  • 15 September 2017

    More pressure on colleges ahead of Tuesday's pay talks Writing in the TES ahead of the further education pay talks on Tuesday, ¹ÏÉñÍø head of further education Andrew…

  • 10 September 2017

    A strike action ballot has opened at the University of Manchester where there are plans to make up to 140 staff redundant by September 2018. The ballot closes on…

  • 8 September 2017

    Vice-chancellors' summer in the spotlight leads to ministerial threats over pay After a summer with their pay and perks in the spotlight, vice-chancellors finally…