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Delegates met in Milton Keynes to tackle a wide-ranging agenda

Five Universities in the South East taking strike action on 2 and 3 October 2023.

In England, 16 universities will walk out on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 October. A series of strikes will […]

Thursday 17 August saw day 2 of the strike by professional services staff at the University of Sussex. Here’s what happened.

On 16 August 2023, professional services staff from the University of Sussex walked out for 48 hours in a dispute over pay. Here’s a round-up from day 1 on the picket lines.

Industrial action will take place during ‘clearing week’, which will disrupt the process of filling courses with vacant spots, the union says.

The results are in for the higher education strike ballot that ran from 31 May to 31 July – and 4 higher education institutions in the South West have met the threshold for action.

Support staff at the University of Bedfordshire have won an extra five days’ paid holiday, says UNISON today. It follows a long campaign by the union to highlight what is says is the unfair difference in annual leave entitlement between support staff, who work in professional services, and academics. From September, full-time professional services staff […]

The current offer from the University and Colleges Employers’ Association (UCEA), a 5-8% pay rise depending on salary spinal point, equates […]

Three more days of strike action at the University of Winchester follow seven taken in June this year.