Unions

Ballot for industrial action is called despite ongoing pay talks over pay claim for 2016-17

Ucea says additional payroll pressures and market instability means uplift is ‘at the limit of affordability’ for many institutions

Some surveys show faculty putting in at least 60 hours a week, but research casts doubt on whether this is a productive routine

A lecturer in law who played a prominent role in the University and College Union has died.

UCU members to strike following decision by governing council, which affects more than 500 jobs

UCU’s nine-point checklist aims to make admissions fairer

With 500 jobs at stake, ballot is first of its type in institution’s history

Hundreds of protesters gather on Bloomsbury campus in support of suspended Unison branch secretary Sandy Nicoll

Institution's senate warns shutting offices would be 'very high risk', with 500 jobs at stake

Independent audit ordered by president in wake of claims by black students’ officer

Bumper year for fund managers at the Universities Superannuation Scheme

Rising liabilities may again focus attention on whether Universities Superannuation Scheme assumptions are ‘unreasonably pessimistic’

Strategic plan ushers in £3 million bursary programme, plus ‘pathways out of the university’ for staff who fail to align with mission

University refutes accusation by Max Watson, management critic who was target of ‘plague’ comments

Unions and universities divided over extent of ‘casualisation’ despite major joint initiative

Sweeping changes to the laws governing industrial disputes could restrict unions’ ability to call strike action, writes Jack Grove

Two unions reject 1 per cent offer, but Unison and GMB get behind it

Supreme Court to consider whether educators are obliged to pay union fees

Compulsory redundancies ruled out until November

Ulster University is to cut up to 210 jobs and lose around 1,200 student places to cope with a £8 million reduction in Northern Ireland’s higher education budget

Union members at the University of Aberdeen have voted to strike in protest at the axing of 150 jobs.

Universities have confirmed their opposition to any academic boycott of Israel following votes by student and lecturer groups in favour of sanctions.

The National Union of Students will not hold a national demonstration against austerity and student poverty this autumn after outgoing president Toni Pearce used her casting vote to block the action

The University of Warwick has scrapped controversial plans to use a scheme called TeachHigher to employ hourly paid teaching and research staff

Staff at London Metropolitan University will hold a one-day strike this week in a row over job cuts

A row over job losses at the University of Surrey will not lead to a strike

Members of the University and College Union at the University of Aberdeen are being balloted on potential strike action over the loss of 150 jobs

UCU claims two members may have been targeted for ‘role in union’

Members of the University and College Union at the University of Dundee have voted to strike in protest at the threat of compulsory redundancies

Left impugns tactics in Universities Superannuation Scheme dispute but negotiators claim improvements were achieved

Move follows row over ‘shadow’ disciplinary panel set up in reaction to institution’s performance management

Letter urges university staff to reject new pensions offer and renew strike action, despite warnings that success is unlikely

Industrial action called over the reforms to pre-1992 university pensions has been suspended.

A University and College Union event saw ‘an outburst and walkout’ by black members in protest at the union’s alleged failure to tackle race issues

UCU to consult on halting action to allow more talks, provided academics’ pay is not docked

Action follows management decision to withhold pay from academics taking part in marking boycott

Institutions told that UCU members are prepared to ‘dig in’ on pensions reform ahead of November marking boycott at 69 campuses

Union members at the University of South Wales are set to strike in a row over job cuts

Council demands for extra savings to boost surplus will harm staff morale, says UCU

Princess Anne’s visit to King’s College London has been postponed after a staff walk-out in protest at proposed job cuts.

Princess Anne to open new neuroscience building as staff take action over job cuts

UCU congress approves plan to send information-gathering group but cost and safety concerns are raised

Motion to allow staff at better-off institutions to arrange extra pay voted down at UCU congress

Higher education committee censured as call to launch tougher actions against employers is passed at UCU congress

Derecognising Unite and Unison has led to greater employee engagement with the university, says the University of Reading’s John Brady

Union threatens action over subtraction of a day’s pay for a two-hour walkout

Union seeks court clearance to bill lecturer in failed anti‑Semitism claim

Marking boycott called off as 2 per cent offer accepted

The University and College Union has officially called off its marking boycott after members voted to accept a new pay deal from employers

Marking boycott suspended as union warns accepting deal would represent a ‘damaging defeat’

The University and College Union has agreed to postpone its planned boycott of marking after employers made a 2 per cent pay offer for next year.

Scottish union angry that current dispute not on agenda

As strike force falters, some UCU members and industrial relations experts think escalation is needed

Tristram Hunt, Labour’s shadow education secretary, has been criticised by party colleagues after crossing a University and College Union picket line

Staff at 11 higher education institutions are to walk out for a whole day in a protest of what they believe is “unlawfully deducted” pay.

University staff have walked out for the fifth time over this year’s “miserly” 1 per cent pay offer.

But law might not be on its side in its effort to prevent docking of full day’s pay, solicitor says

Thousands take part despite pay threat, UCU says

V-c acknowledges ‘agonising’ decision faced by staff over two-hour walkout

Several universities are threatening to deduct a full day’s pay for anyone taking part in a two-hour walkout, a union has claimed