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1 December 2015
¹ÏÉñÍø today told MPs that proposed measures to improve teaching quality would fail unless more was done to tackle job insecurity and ensure decent working conditions…
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23 November 2015
¹ÏÉñÍø members at the University of Manchester have voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over job security and proposed redundancies. Over three-quarters…
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19 November 2015
Thousands of staff members at colleges and universities across the UK are taking part in a day of action against zero-hours contracts and other forms of temporary…
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26 October 2015
¹ÏÉñÍø members at the University of Manchester are to be balloted for strike action after the union accused managers of ignoring agreed procedures and pushing staff…
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9 September 2015
Universities minister Jo Johnson delivered a speech to the annual Universities UK conference this morning. Responding to the speech  ¹ÏÉñÍø general secretary, Sally…
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2 September 2015
The number of people on zero-hours contracts has risen to 744,000 in the second quarter of 2015, according to a report published today.  The latest analysis from…
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2 June 2015
The University of Warwick has abandoned controversial plans to use a scheme called TeachHigher to employ hourly paid teaching and research staff. ¹ÏÉñÍø welcomed the…
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22 May 2015
Staff at the University of Salford are set to take part in a four-day strike next week (Tuesday 26 May to Friday 29 May inclusive) in protest at the treatment of…
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20 May 2015
More than two-fifths (42%) of staff on casual contracts, such as controversial zero-hours contracts, in universities and colleges have struggled to pay household…
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29 April 2015
The Supreme Court has today ruled that the University of Stirling broke the law when it let staff on fixed-term contracts go without consulting unions. The court…
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