UCU industrial action

Blessing Nkama The University of Nottingham has announced the suspension of 48 courses effective from the next academic year, 2026/2027. This move has come as a surprise to fellow staff and students, as the university has faced significant backlash over the summer for its refusal to forego compulsory redundancies,...

Katie Deutsch   On Thursday the twentieth of November at eleven in the morning, a coalition called Notts Solidarity Group formed of many leftist student groups based on campus, including DemilitariseUoN, Socialist Students, and the Nottingham Camp for the Liberation of Palestine, as well as more, formed a sit-in...

Ella Nugent The four-week University and College Union (UCU) strike at the University of Nottingham is by no means isolated or exceptional in its nature. With classes cancelled ahead of a critical vote on possible further industrial action later this month, the current climate of higher education in the...

The UCU industrial action is now approaching its third week of strikes over the proposed changes to teaching staff’s pensions.   The result of the 14-day strike means that students will face cancelled lectures, seminars and tutorials. This has left them questioning whether they deserve compensation for the missed...