Train strike: Liverpool MPs, councillors and others back walk-outs this week Prominent city and region figures throw support behind rail staff who are striking on three days this week Liverpool Echo · Jun 20, 2022
College teachers to strike on days students take critical GCSE exams Teachers in a union will be striking on two separate days of critical GCSE exams Liverpool Echo · Jun 6, 2022
University union calls for an end to ‘dangerous assault’ on humanities UCU general secretary calls on Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi to stop the ‘bonfire’ of arts and humanities subjects. The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022
Leeds university students storm building and refuse to leave room for 3 days in protest The students have been inside since Monday Leeds Live · May 26, 2022
Marking boycott to be enforced by half of university union’s branches Some universities have threatened to dock pay or hire external staff to mark papers as part of a dispute over pay and pensions. The Independent UK · May 23, 2022
UK universities union abandons national approach to marking dispute UCU climbdown allows individual campuses to decide on strike action; 20 universities plan to go ahead The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022
Queen's University professor confronted Vice Chancellor to speak for those with "no voice" QUB insists they are "committed to working in partnership with all trade unions" Belfast Live · May 16, 2022
Teacher sacked after 30 years at Liverpool college 'devastated' as she loses appeal She was sacked in March after 30 years working at the college in Liverpool Liverpool Echo · Apr 12, 2022
Bristol University staff say insecure contracts put them at 'risk of homelessness' One researcher has been sofa surfing at friends’ houses Bristol Post · Apr 4, 2022
Protesters march through Liverpool against 'unjust' pension cuts UUK described the changes as "the only viable plans under current regulations", but the union calls them "unjust" and "unnecessary" Liverpool Echo · Apr 1, 2022
Bristol University lecturer on strike says he will be working until he 'drops dead' Union representatives have said the University ‘refused to talk’ to them Bristol Post · Mar 31, 2022
University of Manchester staff strike over 'toxic culture' and pay and conditions 'The toxic working culture that has been created by vice-chancellors cannot be allowed to continue, which is why university staff are on picket lines yet again.’ Manchester Evening News · Mar 31, 2022
Stirling University principal urged to make statement on pensions dispute as staff letter gains support The open letter to the university's senior management team has attracted more than 380 signatures. Daily Record · Mar 30, 2022
Dundee University students end 'occupation' of principal's office as demands met The group of around a dozen students arrived with sleeping bags, cushions and food to begin a day-long protest at the university's treatment of staff. Daily Record · Mar 25, 2022
Wales Online · Mar 25, 2022 Nearly two thirds of academics 'likely' to leave higher education sector Concerns over pay, working conditions and pensions are driving away university and college staff, according to a new report
Chronicle Live · Mar 24, 2022 Durham University students target open days in protest over Rod Liddle speech The students said they are 'standing up to a management indifferent to marginalised students and staff'
Daily Record · Mar 24, 2022 Dundee University students 'occupy' corridor in protest as UCU strikes continue The group of around 10 students set up outside the office of uni boss Iain Gillespie at 8am and say they won't budge for 24 hours or until their demands are met.
Daily Record · Mar 24, 2022 University staff in Dumfries start strike over pay, work conditions and pensions Members of the University and College Union are in dispute with Universities UK and the Universities Superannuation Scheme
The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022 Durham students target open days in protest over Rod Liddle speech The students said they are ‘standing up to a management indifferent to marginalised students and staff’.
Daily Record · Mar 23, 2022 Dundee university workers share poverty fears as pensions and pay strike rages on Workers from Dundee and St Andrews universities rallied in City Square on Tuesday, where they spoke about the difficulties caused by low pay and temporary contracts.
Daily Record · Mar 21, 2022 Scots university staff stage five-day strike in pay and pensions dispute In the pay and working conditions dispute, the union is asking for a £2,500 pay rise for all university employees as it estimates wages have fallen by more than a quarter (25.5%) in real terms since 2009.
Glasgow Live · Mar 21, 2022 Glasgow and Strathclyde Uni staff staging five-day strike in pay and pensions dispute It is the third round of strike action of the academic year by members of the University and College Union (UCU), following 10 days of walkouts between February 14 and March 2 and three-day action in December.
Chronicle Live · Mar 21, 2022 Staff at three North East universities begin five-day strike action The strike action involves workers at Newcastle, Northumbria and Durham universities in a dispute over pay, work conditions and pensions
Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022 Popular teacher sacked by college after 30 YEARS prompting outrage from staff A week of lunchtime protests at several college campuses followed Nina Doran’s dismissal - she had been a lecturer and union representative at the City of Liverpool College for 30 years
Liverpool Echo · Mar 18, 2022 Protests as teacher sacked after 30 years working at Liverpool college A week of lunchtime protests at several college campuses followed Nina Doran’s dismissal