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Universities face strike threat after union members back action on pay and pensions

UNIVERSITIES face being brought “to a standstill” by a fresh wave of strikes after an overwhelming majority of trade union members voted for…

The National (Scotland)

Falmouth University ‘deeply disappointed’ at academic staff strike

The university in Cornwall said it had taken steps to protect its future, amid ‘challenging economic conditions’

Birmingham Post

Falmouth University academic staff to strike in employment dispute

Lecturers and researchers at the university in Cornwall are set to walk out for three consecutive says this month

Birmingham Post

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The strikes and industrial action that could hit schools and universities in Wales

Staff are angry over below inflation pay offers as the cost of living bites

Wales Online

Staff at Bristol's biggest college strike for better pay

“Strike action on this scale in further education is unprecedented"

Bristol Post

UCU strikes 2022: Why are college and university lecturers striking?

The strikes will take place over the next four weeks

Evening Standard

Picket line college lecturers say strike is most significant they have taken

Around 4,000 members of the University and College Union at 31 colleges will take strike action over the coming week.

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College lecturers launch strike action in pay dispute

Around 4,000 members of the University and College Union at 31 colleges in England will take up to 10 days of strike action over the coming weeks.

The Independent UK

England’s FE colleges face ‘unprecedented’ wave of strikes

Staff across country will take 10 days of action, spread over a four-week period, in protest over latest pay offer

The Guardian - UK

Staff at 26 English colleges vote for 10 day strike

Staff at 26 English further education colleges are planning to take ten days of strike action starting on Sept. 26 over a pay dispute, the University and College Union (UCU) said on Monday.

Reuters

University staff in Wales ballot for action over 3% pay rise, working conditions and pension cuts

Staff at all eight universities in Wales are being balloted

Wales Online

University lecturers to vote on industrial action over pay and pensions

More than 70,000 staff at 150 universities are being balloted

Wales Online

Union calls for universities to use £3.4bn surplus to raise staff pay, or face strikes

Sector needs to invest in people rather than ‘shiny new vanity projects’, says UCU general secretary

The Guardian - UK

Scrap vanity projects and reinvest spare cash in staff, universities told

The body representing employers in the pay dispute has described the union’s focus on capital investment as “disingenuous”.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

University accused of ‘vindictive attack’ as staff lose 21 days’ pay over protest

Academics fear docked wages after marking boycott at Queen Mary University of London are start of a wider crackdown

Manchester Evening News

Staff at two Greater Manchester colleges announce September strikes

It comes after an ongoing row over pay

The Independent UK

Union warns of geographical ‘cold spots’ in access to humanities degrees

An English literature lecturer has decried ‘cultural vandalism’ over the loss of humanities degrees at post-1992 institutions.

The Guardian - UK

University staff who can’t afford to eat ask for campus food banks

Young academics and support workers are on the breadline as the cost of living crisis bites

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Liverpool Echo

'Scared' strikers struggling to pay bills 'can't afford not to strike'

"Everybody is hurting. There are people over there now who are experiencing real poverty"

Liverpool Echo

Train strike: Liverpool MPs, councillors and others back walk-outs this week

Prominent city and region figures throw support behind rail staff who are striking on three days this week

Liverpool Echo

College teachers to strike on days students take critical GCSE exams

Teachers in a union will be striking on two separate days of critical GCSE exams

The Independent UK

University union calls for an end to ‘dangerous assault’ on humanities

UCU general secretary calls on Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi to stop the ‘bonfire’ of arts and humanities subjects.

Leeds Live

Leeds university students storm building and refuse to leave room for 3 days in protest

The students have been inside since Monday

The Independent UK

Marking boycott to be enforced by half of university union’s branches

Some universities have threatened to dock pay or hire external staff to mark papers as part of a dispute over pay and pensions.

The Guardian - UK

UK universities union abandons national approach to marking dispute

UCU climbdown allows individual campuses to decide on strike action; 20 universities plan to go ahead

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