Management at the National Union of Students (NUS) denied claims that it has launched a "fundamental attack" on its staff's trade union rights.
Bosses want to standardise conditions for all staff including maternity pay, childcare, contracted hours, holidays, overtime and sickness rules.
The plan for compulsory standardisation was scrapped after staff union Unite opposed the move because some staff could lose benefits it has previously negotiated.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
JACK DAVIDSON explains the motivation behind the UCU strike action at the University of Sheffield
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP


