Announcing job cuts as the applications process for 2025 closes is not a good look
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Staff and students mustn’t bear brunt of university funding crisis, says UNISON
Announcing job cuts as the applications process for 2025 closes is not a good look
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University strikes loom unless pay increases
Staff at nine higher education institutions vote for action
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Higher education pay dispute enters new talks
Unions and employers to hold conciliation talks in long-running HE pay dispute
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University staff to strike over pay as new term begins
Workers have reached breaking point and have little choice but to strike
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University staff reject below-inflation pay offer and vote on strike action
No worker wants to go out on strike, but staff can’t afford to feed their kids, pay for housing or fill up their petrol tanks
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Low pay and pensions issues prompt further strikes at universities, says UNISON
The importance of university staff during the pandemic cannot be overstated.
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Universities call for urgent action on racial harassment in higher education
“Black staff and students must have the same opportunities to develop their studies and careers as their white counterparts.”
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University staff speak out about COVID-19 fears
‘It just feels like a ticking time bomb until there’s a big outbreak here. Since the students came back, it feels like I’m on the frontline’
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Sodexo threatens sweeping redundancies at City University
UNISON will strongly resist Sodexo’s attempt to put workers out of a job
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HE employers announce 2020 pay freeze proposal
UNISON and the joint higher education trade unions have expressed say they’re “extremely disappointed” at a proposal to freeze pay for higher education support staff
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UNISON urges government to support universities properly
Support package announced yesterday by government doesn’t offer any new funds
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Government must not allow universities to fail during the coronavirus outbreak, warn unions
Higher education needs extra measures
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University agrees pay for zero-hours staff
Union welcomes move by City, University of London, to protect incomes of outsourced catering staff
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HE unions submit a ‘timely and serious’ pay claim for 2020/21
All staff deserve a pay rise that keeps up with the cost of living while catching up with 10 years of lost pay
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Our members count, UNISON tells universities
Official statistics body to stop collecting data on support staff, making them invisible
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‘Every higher education worker should get the pay they deserve’
Pay, pensions, equality and climate dominate discussion at UNISON higher education conference
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Preparing for the future
‘We are the first and main line of defence,’ higher education conference hears
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University staff map out the challenges ahead
Delegates gather to debate the issues at UNISON’s higher education conference
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UNISON sends solidarity message to UCU strikers
Lecturers start industrial action on campuses across UK
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