Staff

  • Staff strikes: solidarity or sleeping in?

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    November 30, 2019 09:16
    On Monday 25th UCU members at UoN started an 8 working-day strike over changes to their pensions, rates of pay and working conditions. Unfortunately for students, the whole point of striking is to be as disruptive and inconvenient as possible and it often feels like it’s to our detriment...

  • Staff at multiple UK Universities face possible job cuts

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    December 14, 2018 13:52
    Unstable political shifts in the UK paired with budgetary strain have led some institutions like Cardiff University to warn their staff of the potential for redundancies in early 2019. Up and down the UK, higher education providers are reporting their finances for the 2017-18 year and ‘several’ have found...

  • Brexit &amp: the EU Settlement Scheme

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    November 21, 2018 15:04
    Whilst we have people in our University community who voted leave as well as remain in the 2016 Brexit referendum, the vote was an individual decision. At UoN we value our EU staff and want them to stay with us at the University of Nottingham. Over 800 University staff...

  • Making The Most of University

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    September 11, 2018 18:51
    University can be a very scary time. New friends, new city, new subjects… how can one cope with so many different changes? At college, I was consistently placed amongst the worst. In fact, my result were bad. Quite literally, they spelt BBAD. BAD. But at the University Of Nottingham now,...

  • Gender pay gap at the University of Nottingham above the national average, latest figures show

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    March 23, 2018 15:15
    The gender pay gap at the University of Nottingham (UoN) is higher than the national average, the latest figures show. The gender pay gap at the University stands at 23.6% in favour of men, compared to the national average of 18.4% as measured by the Office for National Statistics....

  • The strike debate – which side are you on?

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    February 19, 2018 16:28
    First up, let’s get back to basics: Who is deciding to strike? After several months of negotiations and a failure to agree on a solution, the University and College Union (UCU), the trade union for lecturers and other staff at universities, have called for the strike. 88% of UCU...

  • #uoncleanupyouract: UoN students fight the cause for the University’s lowest paid employees

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    November 3, 2017 14:41
    The Living Wage Campaign at the University of Nottingham is seeking to convince the University to implement a living wage for its lowest-paid employees. The campaign, led by a cross-party student group, is working to ensure that the University’s cleaning, catering, and estate staff are paid fairly in accordance...