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Scottish university staff to strike for five weeks over 'catalogue of failures'

Staff at a Scottish university are set to strike over five weeks in a long-running dispute over cuts and job losses

The National (Scotland)

Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts

Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences

The Guardian - UK

Dundee University crisis deepens with cuts and closures — but how did it get to this?

DUNDEE University is 18 months into a financial crisis that has become a warning for Scotland’s higher education sector.

The National (Scotland)

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Swinney ‘extremely disappointed’ by Dundee University job cuts plan

The university said almost 200 jobs are at risk, with the decision come following the loss of 645 roles in recent years.

Evening Standard

Dundee University passes £20m in further cuts as 250 jobs face being lost

FEARS for more than 250 jobs could be cut at the financially stricken Dundee University after a further £20 million in cuts was voted through ...

The National (Scotland)

Staff at embattled Scottish university vote in favour of further strike action

STAFF at a historic Scottish university have voted in favour of strike action in a new ballot.

The National (Scotland)

Goldsmiths University staff go on 'indefinite' strike over job cuts

The strike comes ahead of the third round of redundancies at the university in the past five years

Evening Standard

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Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy

Institution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts

The Guardian - UK

University staff to strike for eight days in job security dispute

Teaching staff at the University of Aberdeen represented by the UCU will walk out on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Union warns of ‘year of disruption’ at university amid ongoing cuts row

The dispute began in February 2025 when the university announced plans to slash its budget by £140 million.

Evening Standard

Staff at University of Edinburgh strike over proposed cuts

A union said university bosses had pulled back from commitments given in December.

Evening Standard

Edinburgh uni lecturers voting on further industrial action in ongoing cuts row

The dispute began in February last year when the university announced plans to slash its budget by £140 million.

Evening Standard

Stirling becomes third university to face threat of strikes amid cuts row

UCU members at Heriot-Watt and Aberdeen universities have also voted in favour of walkouts in separate disputes over job cuts.

Evening Standard

Lecturers at two Scottish universities back walk-outs in rows over cuts

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at both Heriot-Watt University and the University of Aberdeen voted in favour of strike action.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Staff at four universities vote on possible strike action in disputes over cuts

The University and College Union has called on senior staff at Aberdeen, Stirling, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde to rule out compulsory redundancies.

Evening Standard

University lecturers suspend strike action after compulsory job cuts ruled out

University of Edinburgh staff have already walked out for nine days in 2025 in a dispute over the institution’s plans to make £140 million of cuts.

Evening Standard

Nottingham University urged to reconsider proposed course suspensions

Dozens of students and staff gathered to protest against the potential future course closures on Monday.

The Independent UK

University principal vows no compulsory job cuts before July amid strike action

Lecturers and staff with the University and College Union Edinburgh walked out earlier this week.

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Evening Standard

Edinburgh University lecturers walk out again in dispute over savings plan

The University and College Union has warned future action could see a marking and assessment boycott.

The Guardian - UK

MPs preparing to examine Chinese state influence at British universities

Committee’s inquiry into review of UK-China relations to be broadened after Sheffield Hallam University disclosures

The Independent UK

University of Dundee staff to strike again next week in job cuts row

University and College Union members are calling for compulsory redundancies to be ruled out.

The Independent UK

University staff begin strike action in dispute over job cuts

University and College Union members at the University of the Highlands and Islands will walk out on Thursday, and again on November 5, 17 and 18.

The Independent UK

Universities have made cuts ‘equivalent to 15,000 jobs in last year’ – union

The UCU is set to ballot members over strike action.

Evening Standard

Union to ballot 10,000 staff for strikes at 68 colleges in England

The University and College Union said the sector could face ‘serious disruption in the coming months’.

The Independent UK

Thousands of college staff to vote on strike action

Dozens of colleges could be affected by potential strike action

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