Elections for two important national UCU positions open this week. The first is for Vice President of the union, with the winner ultimately becoming President.
The …

An article appeared in FE week reporting that the government is about to release a white paper on the future of Further Education. It says …

When this crisis is over, we should not turn back to a system that has so badly failed many young people.
TES article by Sean Vernell

The announcement to …

Nita chairing launch of Charter for Jobs in parliament.
The untimely death of Nita Sanghera is a shock to us all. The UCU and the labour …

Saturday’s Democracy Congress saw a mobilisation by the right-wing ‘Independent Broad Left’ (IBL) to block rule changes proposed by the UCU’s Democracy Commission intended to …

Labour has promised to end the historic funding inadequacies and place the sector at the centre of its radical proposals. What will be the future …

ACTION WORKS: UNITY WORKS
UCU members at Bradford College have achieved three hugely significant wins:

After a major restructure no compulsory redundancies
5 extra days holiday
a new agreement …

UCU members at Nottingham College are in dispute with their management over an attempt to impose new contracts. The new contract involves a pay decrease …

A message from Dave Muritu
At a branch meeting of over 60 members on 10 June, Sandwell College UCU re-elected me as Branch Secretary in my absence.  The …

Dear Colleagues

We are asking all members to show solidarity with all branches that are taking strike action on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of March …