• BREAKING: University and College Union (UCU) members accept proposals in pensions dispute

    Members of the University and College Union (UCU) have accepted a proposal by Universities UK (UUK) over the university pensions dispute, with 64% accepting the offer and 36% rejecting it. The industrial action is now set to be suspended whilst an independent panel of experts review the valuation of...
  • UCU members to vote on latest UUK proposal

    This week, members of the University and College Union (UCU) will be consulted over proposals aimed at resolving the university staff pensions dispute. This comes after a UCU branch representative meeting on Wednesday 28 March, where the Union’s Higher Education Committee reviewed the latest proposal from the Universities UK...
  • Industrial action: Action Short of a Strike in focus

    Last week the University and College Union (UCU) branches across the country voted to reject a deal offered by the UUK involving concessions to lecturers who stand to lose hundreds of thousands of pounds from the value of their pensions. Among the complaints the offer generated, was the demand...