The Latest Breaking News from UCU

Workers at 10 Scottish universities balloted for strike action

University workers at 10 institutions around Scotland will be balloted for strike action as part of a dispute over pay.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 11, 2023

University chief panned for wanting financial 'pain' for boycotting staff

A SCOTTISH university principal has been panned for saying he wanted staff to feel financial “pain along the way” during a marking and…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 6, 2023

Cardiff University students invited to graduate despite not knowing grades or even if they've passed

Staff at universities across the UK have been on a marking strike for months in a years long dispute over pay and conditions;

Wales Online · Jul 5, 2023

Marking boycott may delay degrees of more than 1,000 Durham students

University says about 20% of final-year students will face delays if industrial action continues

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023

A fifth of Durham University graduates facing delay in receiving degree results

Students have faced uncertainty about whether they will graduate due to a marking boycott causing delays to final results

Chronicle Live · Jun 27, 2023

Adult Human Female filmmakers launch crowdfunder for legal action against union

THE directors of a film whose two screenings at Edinburgh University were cancelled after protesters blocked the entrance to the venue have launched…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 27, 2023

Stirling University lecturers to walk out over 50% marking boycott pay deduction

EIS members at Edinburgh College also began industrial action in response to compulsory redundancies

Insider UK · Jun 27, 2023

Third of UK final-year students face grades delay due to marking boycott

Small number could attend graduation but later be told they have failed as pay dispute affects assessments at 145 universities

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2023

Newcastle University lecturers begin five day strike as nationwide marking boycott dispute continues

Picket lines formed outside the university from 8.45am on Friday and strike action will continue from Monday to Thursday next week

Chronicle Live · Jun 23, 2023

The university students worried about graduating without knowing their grades as boycott continues

“It is very difficult because there’s a fair few of us including myself who might graduate without knowing their grades."

Wales Online · Jun 22, 2023