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The Latest Breaking News from UCU

1,000 University jobs at risk in Wales as more strikes planned

Universities Wales said 1,000 jobs could be cut as a result of lost EU funding

Wales Online

All strike dates you need to know about in February

Hundreds of thousands of workers from the UK's biggest industries will strike this month

Liverpool Echo

The Leader podcast: London gripped by decade’s biggest strikes

Plus, the devastating impact on Gen Covid’s education

Evening Standard

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‘Exploitation is the dirty secret of higher education’: London’s university staff on why they’re striking

More than 70,000 lecturers, librarians, cleaners and other university administrators are set to walk out for 18 days between now and April. Katie Strick hears three of their stories

Evening Standard

Strikers unite across England: ‘Our disputes may be separate but we have one aim’

Voices from picket lines and protests in Bristol, Birmingham and London on a day of mass industrial action

The Guardian - UK

Paisley lecturers begin 18-day strike action over pay and working conditions

On various dates over the course of the next two months, lecturers will refuse to work in an ongoing struggle for improved pay and working conditions.

Daily Record

'Universities should refund students because of the lecturer strike'

More than 70,00 staff at 150 universities, including all in Wales, will walk out on February first

Wales Online

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University lecturer says strikes ‘for the students’ in face of ‘breaking system’

Anita Naoko Pilgrim, 59, said she tells her daughter ‘don’t become an academic’.

The Independent UK

Full list of every strike happening this week - check if you're affected

Teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards from seven trade unions will walk out on Wednesday in what will be the biggest day of industrial action in over a decade

Daily Mirror

Teachers, train drivers, university lecturers and civil servants to join mass day of discontent strike this week

Teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards from several trade unions are set to walk out on Wednesday, February 1

Wales Online

Lecturer earned as little as £5k a year on 'open ended' contracts

Roughly 70,000 UCU members at 150 universities are going on an 18-day strike from February 1

Liverpool Echo

‘Huge win’ for trade union as Durham University raises PhD students’ pay

University had paid some postgraduate researchers less than minimum wage

The Guardian - UK

Northern Ireland university students face more disruption as staff set to strike

If the action goes ahead, it will be the biggest series of strikes ever to hit UK university campuses

Belfast Live

University strike dates over seven weeks in February and March confirmed by union

It will be the biggest series of strikes to ever hit British universities - if they go ahead

Wales Online

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Manchester Evening News

First date of strike action by over 70,000 university staff announced

A total of 18 days of action are planned

The Independent UK

Workers protest against anti-strike bill

Members of Unison, UCU, TSSA and Unite gathered outside the Business Secretary’s constituency office to oppose the new legislation.

Dynamite News

Over 70K Staff Of UK's Universities To Strike For 18 Days In Feb, Mar: Union

More than 70,000 employees at 150 universities in the United Kingdom will go on an 18-day strike over pay and attacks on pensions between February and March, University and College Union (UCU) announced on Thursday. Read on for details:

Manchester Evening News

Over 70,000 university staff to stage 18 DAYS of walkouts before April in row over pay

The UCU said 'the clock is ticking' for university bosses to avoid widespread disruption this year

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Wales Online

Over 70,000 university staff to strike at 150 universities across the UK

The industrial action is part of a dispute over pay and conditions

The National (Scotland)

Students block 'Adult Human Female' film screening at Edinburgh University

STUDENTS at the University of Edinburgh have forced the cancellation of a film screening, which an academic union had previously labelled…

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh University accused of ‘cavalier attitude’ towards transphobia concerns

THE University of Edinburgh has been accused of having a “cavalier attitude” towards concerns of transphobia ahead of an upcoming film screening…

The National (Scotland)

Union calls for cancellation of ‘transphobic’ film screening at Edinburgh University

A UNION is calling on the University of Edinburgh to cancel a film screening due to take place on the campus next week over concerns it will be…

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re not here because it’s fun’: UK university staff join picket lines

Rallies in Leeds, London and across UK demand better pay and pensions amid cost of living crisis

The National (Scotland)

Rally outside Holyrood as 'meaningful' pay offer urged by UCU

SEVERAL MSPs spoke at a University and College Union (UCU) rally outside Holyrood as striking academics said employers need to make a…

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh students join university staff to form vast picket lines in pay dispute

Picket lines have formed across University of Edinburgh campuses and the Scottish Parliament building on Wednesday afternoon as both students and staff oppose the pay offer in the table

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