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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.

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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

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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

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

The Guardian - UK

Staff at two Greater Manchester colleges announce September strikes

It comes after an ongoing row over pay

Manchester Evening News

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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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

'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

Liverpool Echo

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.

The Independent UK

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

The students have been inside since Monday

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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

Belfast Live

Queen's University professor confronted Vice Chancellor to speak for those with "no voice"

QUB insists they are "committed to working in partnership with all trade unions"

Liverpool Echo

Teacher sacked after 30 years at Liverpool college 'devastated' as she loses appeal

She was sacked in March after 30 years working at the college in Liverpool

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Bristol Post

Bristol University staff say insecure contracts put them at 'risk of homelessness'

One researcher has been sofa surfing at friends’ houses

Liverpool Echo

Protesters march through Liverpool against 'unjust' pension cuts

UUK described the changes as "the only viable plans under current regulations", but the union calls them "unjust" and "unnecessary"

Bristol Post

Bristol University lecturer on strike says he will be working until he 'drops dead'

Union representatives have said the University ‘refused to talk’ to them

Manchester Evening News

University of Manchester staff strike over 'toxic culture' and pay and conditions

'The toxic working culture that has been created by vice-chancellors cannot be allowed to continue, which is why university staff are on picket lines yet again.’

Daily Record

Stirling University principal urged to make statement on pensions dispute as staff letter gains support

The open letter to the university's senior management team has attracted more than 380 signatures.

Daily Record

Dundee University students end 'occupation' of principal's office as demands met

The group of around a dozen students arrived with sleeping bags, cushions and food to begin a day-long protest at the university's treatment of staff.

Wales Online

Nearly two thirds of academics 'likely' to leave higher education sector

Concerns over pay, working conditions and pensions are driving away university and college staff, according to a new report

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