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UCU members at Edinburgh University take part in industrial action at the start of a planned five-day walk-out in a dispute over plans to cut £140m from the university budget, September 8, 2025
Workers' Rights / 14 May 2026
UCU lecturers launch strike at Heriot-Watt University
14 May 2026
Climate activists from Greenpeace and Uplift during a demonstration outside the Scottish Court of Session, Edinburgh, on the first day of the Rosebank and Jackdaw judicial review hearing, November 12, 2024
Climate Crisis / 13 May 2026
Unions demand government acts on public interest and rejects Rosebank
13 May 2026
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Education / 1 May 2026
UCU members ballot for strike at LSBU
1 May 2026
A general view of the University of Edinburgh Old College, Edinburgh
Education / 27 April 2026
UCU to launch marking boycott at University of Edinburgh
27 April 2026
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Workers' Rights / 17 April 2026
Essex Uni staff pass vote of no confidence in axe-wielding vice-vice-chancellor
17 April 2026
UCU members at Edinburgh University gather for a rally in George Square, Edinburgh, at the start of a planned five-day walk-out in a dispute over plans to cut £140 million from the university budget, September 8, 2025
Workers' Rights / 30 March 2026
Lecturers strike against University of Edinburgh's job cuts
30 March 2026
UCU members at Edinburgh University gather for a rally in George Square, Edinburgh, September 8, 2025
Scotland / 25 March 2026
UCU to strike at Edinburgh University over job cuts
25 March 2026
Students receiving vaccines and antibiotics from medical staff in the sports hall at the University of Kent campus in Canterbury, March 19, 2026
Britain / 19 March 2026
UCU backs home working during meningitis outbreak
19 March 2026
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Workers' Rights / 2 March 2026
More than 2,000 sign UCU petition against staff cuts at Heriot-Watt University
2 March 2026
Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Dame Andrea Jenkyns singing at the Reform UK annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, September 5, 2025
Education / 25 February 2026
Reform cuts to English classes slammed as ‘attack on community cohesion’ by UCU
25 February 2026
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Industrial / 11 February 2026
Workers fight redundancy threats on Scottish campuses
11 February 2026
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Workers' Rights / 9 February 2026
Durham University staff vote to strike after hundreds of jobs slashed in £20m cuts drive
9 February 2026
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Industrial / 8 February 2026
University staff strike over £10,000 fire & rehire pensions loss
8 February 2026
UCU members at Edinburgh University gather for a rally in George Square, Edinburgh, September 8, 2025
Features / 6 February 2026
Unions are battling an all-out assault on working-class education
6 February 2026

DR GLYN ROBBINS ties fights at universities and sixth-form colleges to the consequences of the market system that began a generation ago with tuition fees

People take part in a rally outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, as members of the University and College Union (UCU) take part 24-hour stoppage among university staff in an ongoing dispute over pay, pensions and conditions. Picture date: Wednesday November 30, 2022
Workers' Rights / 22 January 2026
‘Scandalous’ University of Sheffield bosses threaten to withhold pay after strikes, union warns
22 January 2026
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Scotland / 5 January 2026
Lecturers at four Scottish universities start strike ballots
5 January 2026
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Workers' Rights / 19 December 2025
Major concessions to Cardiff University redundancy plans welcomed by UCU
19 December 2025
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Education / 5 December 2025
Northumbria University staff to ballot for strikes over pension scheme row
5 December 2025
UCU members at Edinburgh University take part in industrial action at the start of a planned five-day walk-out in a dispute over plans to cut £140 million from the university budget, September 8, 2025
Workers' Rights / 19 November 2025
Edinburgh University lecturers take strike to Holyrood in battle against £140m cuts
19 November 2025
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Workers' Rights / 18 November 2025
University of Sheffield strike enters second day
18 November 2025
UCU pickets gathered in Monday’s bright sunshine outside the University of Edinburgh, November 17, 2025
Education / 17 November 2025
Edinburgh University staff walk out in latest strikes over cuts
17 November 2025
UCU members at Edinburgh University gather for a rally in George Square, Edinburgh, September 8, 2025
Workers' Rights / 10 November 2025
Dundee University staff begin 5-day strike
10 November 2025
Members and supporters of the University and College Union (UCU) Scotland during a rally at Buchanan Street in Glasgow, February 10, 2023
Workers' Rights / 7 November 2025
Cardiff University puts 1,100 more staff in voluntary redundancy scheme
7 November 2025
teachers at Flint High School staged their 10th day of strike action
Workers' Rights / 4 November 2025
Teachers' strike at school in North Wales enters 10th day
4 November 2025
dundee protest
Industrial / 3 November 2025
UCU announces week-long strike at Dundee University
3 November 2025
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Industrial / 30 October 2025
Workers at Sheffield's universities announce 28 days of strike actions against job cuts
30 October 2025
UCU members at Edinburgh University gather for a rally in George Square, Edinburgh, at the start of a planned five-day walk-out in a dispute over plans to cut £140 million from the university budget, September 8, 2025
Workers' Rights / 21 October 2025
University workers announce strike at Highlands university
21 October 2025
UCU members at Edinburgh University take part in industrial action at the start of a planned five-day walk-out in a dispute over plans to cut £140 million from the university budget, September 8, 2025
Education / 10 October 2025
More than 15,000 university job cuts announced last year, UCU analysis finds
10 October 2025
Workers' Rights / 15 September 2025
Pay strikes announced at private international college linked with Manchester University
15 September 2025
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Workers' Rights / 12 September 2025
Lecturers to strike for 15 days over University of Leicester job cuts plan
12 September 2025
UCU general secretary Jo Grady moving the motion
TUC Congress 2025 / 10 September 2025
Labour should be protecting right to protest, not endangering it, TUC Congress hears
10 September 2025
Money in a piggy bank at a home in Ashford, Kent
Cost-of Living Crisis / 14 August 2025
Students at ‘breaking point’ as half of undergraduates say financial worries hurts their mental health
14 August 2025
Education / 21 July 2025
Unions force university to abandon outsourcing plans
21 July 2025
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Climate / 16 July 2025
Inadequate green skills provision puts climate targets at risk, finds new report
16 July 2025
Education / 15 July 2025
Pay strikes at private international college partnered with University of Manchester
15 July 2025
A general view of the University of the West of Scotland's Lanarkshire Campus at Hamilton International Technology Park, June 24, 2019
Workers' Rights / 7 July 2025
Lecturers ballot for strike at University of the West of Scotland
7 July 2025
Ratcliffe on Soar power station near Nottingham
Climate Emergency / 24 June 2025
Two more unions call for British fossil-fuel non-proliferation treaty
24 June 2025
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Workers' Rights / 10 June 2025
Academics hit back at Cardiff University's revised plans to axe jobs
10 June 2025
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Workers' Rights / 28 May 2025
Cardiff University scraps plans to axe courses thanks to UCU campaigning
28 May 2025
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Industrial / 21 May 2025
UCU votes to strike against Edinburgh Uni cuts plans
21 May 2025

University bosses refuse to rule out cutting staff

University graduates
Britain / 6 May 2025
Labour to name and shame universities over vice-chancellor pay and poor student outcomes
6 May 2025
General view of the Cardiff University Brain Research Imagin
Britain / 5 May 2025
Cardiff university unions' celebrate no compulsory redundancies pledge
5 May 2025
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Britain / 2 May 2025
University of East Anglia staff walk out over threat of compulsory redundancies
2 May 2025
General view of the Cardiff University Brain Research Imagin
Education / 30 April 2025
Planned strike action at Cardiff University suspended as Acas talks start
30 April 2025
A general view of the University of Edinburgh Old College, E
Britain / 6 April 2025
Strike ballot opens against University of Edinburgh cuts
6 April 2025
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Britain / 1 April 2025
Dundee University guilty of ‘academic vandalism’ over job cuts, says union
1 April 2025
Britain / 1 April 2025
College leaders accused of ‘Trumpian tactics’ on pay negotiations
1 April 2025
A person wearing a University and College Union (UCU) armban
Britain / 25 March 2025
UCU Cardiff members vote for strike action to fight job cuts
25 March 2025