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  • 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…

  • 15 September 2017

    It was a busy few days for ¹ÏÉñÍø delegates at the 149th annual TUC congress in Brighton this week ¹ÏÉñÍø's delegation at TUC Congress 2017 © Jess Hurd/ reportdigital.co.uk…

  • 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…

  • 8 September 2017

    Staff in further education colleges in England have seen their pay drop by 24 per cent in real-terms since 2009, reveal new ¹ÏÉñÍø figures. While the cost of living,…

  • 24 August 2017

    Vice-chancellors under fire over lack of scrutiny of their pay deals The debate around vice-chancellors' pay and perks continued this week, but did shift slightly…

  • 11 August 2017

    Boycott bites as universities omitted from National Student Survey Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford and Sheffield universities were among the 12 institutions omitted…

  • 4 August 2017

    Vice-chancellors are not paid enough says Bolton's vice-chancellor The University of Bolton's vice-chancellor George Holmes waded into the row over vice-chancellors'…

  • 31 July 2017

    ¹ÏÉñÍø said panicked reactions to a snapshot reading of the health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) would do little to resolve the problems the scheme…

  • 28 July 2017

    Supreme Court rules employment tribunal fees unlawful and barrier to justice Fees introduced by the government in 2013 payable by those bringing employment tribunal…