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 …

Voting in the Vice President & National Executive Committee elections starts on 1 February and closes on 1 March.

Jo McNeill is the UCU Left candidate for Vice President. Many universities and colleges have already organised hustings, if there isn’t one where you are, please contact Jo to invite her.

To get in touch with Jo and to find out more about her campaign, please see her website.

UCU Left recommends the following candidates for a member-led, democratic and fighting union. More…