Introduction – the Willets Plan
The Tory Government is pushing ahead with its attempt to privatise Higher Education using tuition fees as a mechanism.
The Higher Education …

UCU Left is asking everyone to sign and circulate throughout their branches this petition against the shameful actions of CU Services Ltd, Coventry University’s subsidiary …

Lucia Pradella and Phoebe Moore attended the UCU Left conference on 24/09/16 to talk about the Free Movement of Labour campaign.
Brexit creates challenges both for …

Fight for pay • End inequality • Name the dates
Click here for HE Pay Dispute leaflet
Employers are breaking ranks in our pay dispute. First Essex and now …

 
Helen MacCarthy recently posted that there are cuts being pushed through at Hull College. This radio interview about Hull is very informative. However, we have …

Fight the victimisations! Fight the cuts!
UCU members at London Met are taking strike action on Thursday 29th Sept to demand the reinstatement of victimised union reps, David …

Election re-run
The election of a representative of disabled members from the FE sector is being re-run due to an error made by Electoral Reform Services. …

Dispute
UCU at University of Leicester declared an official dispute with the university leadership team on 31 July over the threat of compulsory redundancies. In April …

We have had a successful result in our ballot for strike action. London Met UCU members have voted by 63% to take strike action to …

Three of the four other higher education trade unions are now balloting and will hopefully soon be joining UCU in taking industrial action on pay, …