UCU has called a series of pay briefing meetings at the end of September to discuss the stepping up of the pay dispute in HE. …

UCU Left National Conference 2016.
Defend education from the cradle to the grave – a strategy to win.
*Saturday 24th of September 10:30 – 4:30pm – Birkbeck …

The Government is rushing the HE Bill through to its Second Reading in the House of Commons. The Second Reading has been called for Tuesday 19 July.
The NUS, …

We sadly have to report to colleagues that we (David Hardman and Mark Campbell) have been unsuccessful in our appeals against redundancy from our positions …

At yesterday’s NUT strike rally of over 10,000 people in Parliament Square, Mark Campbell was invited to bring solidarity greetings from UCU. His was the …

Yesterday (Tuesday 5th July) witnessed a magnificent demonstration of teachers and lecturers in Brighton. Striking teachers, members of the NUT from this part of Sussex, …

The biggest rounds of applause came at three moments. The first was when a junior doctor announced the result from their ballot – a 2:1 rejection of the government’s offer. The second was when Kevin Courtney, acting NUT General Secretary, argued that it was not immigrant children who were to blame for rising class sizes but government cuts in funding. The third was when John McDonnell announced that Jeremy Corbyn would not be resigning.

1. Building the fight over pay
The Higher Education Committee (HEC) had an extensive and wide-ranging debate on taking forward the action agreed at HE Sector …

Below is a statement in support of Jeremy Corbyn signed by UCU NEC members all in personal capacity

The attempt by Labour MPs to oust Jeremy …

Defend education from the Cradle to the Grave

Defend pay and conditions.
Close the gender pay gap and end casualization.
Solidarity with striking teachers and lecturers.
Join the pickets …