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 …

UCU’s national executive committee (NEC) met online on May Day, 1 May. This was an emergency meeting called only after more than half of the …

London is a pretty scary place to be at the moment as the death toll in the capital, like New York, continues to climb.  My …

The outbreak of the Coronavirus COVID-19, has created panic across the globe.  The Italian government has just placed 16 million people under quarantine. Schools, universities, …

Dear colleagues
We are writing as UCULeft ‘Four Fights’ negotiators who have been engaged in complex negotiations which are ongoing.
It is important to note that these …

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 …

Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group post

The TUC passed, unanimously, the composite motion calling for a 30-minute workday campaign action to coincide with the …

Emergency National Executive Report 1 March 2019
The General Secretary Must Be Accountable To Members
UCU National Executive Committee (NEC) met on Friday 1 March as an extra-ordinary meeting …

HEC members were presented with a report from a national official that accepted that we had received the best ballot result in a pay dispute …

This evolving European framework for pension provision has been a significant factor in the reinforcing of the drive towards the replacement of Defined Benefit pensions with Defined Contribution pensions. The DC pension market is a market where high commissions and profits can be created, at the expense of the individual seeking a secure future pension.