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Scotland survives the axe »

Union leaders have warned against complacency over further cuts to higher education in Scotland – despite new research intimating students north of the Border are better off than their English counterparts when it comes to course choices. Figur...

Fri 02 Mar 2012 by Harriet Brace | Read more »

Work hard play hard  »

Glasgow University staff stuck for things to do in recently emptied evenings under the current work to contract were given a helping hand by the local University and College Union (UCU) branch last week. In an email issued to members of UCU Glasgow a ...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

University staff in new industrial action »

Students from the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University could be affected after lecturers and academic staff from 67 universities across the UK began industrial action in a dispute against changes to their pension schemes. The staff from ...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Leighton Craig | Read more »

Glasgow universities prepare for wave of disruption »

UCU members across the UK voted in favour of industrial action

Students at two leading Glasgow universities are preparing to suffer serious disruption to teaching after academics elected to hold a “sustained campaign of industrial action” over cuts to pensions. University and College Union (UCU) membe...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Salary bill for university senior staff skyrockets »

The total salary bill for senior staff tasked with running universities across Scotland has risen by a third in five years, figures obtained by The Journal have revealed. Spend on senior management pay jumped 31 per cent from around £12.5 millio...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

University governance must improve, urge staff and students »

Lecturer and student unions have issued a joint call for greater transparency in the running of Scotland's universities amid fears vital decisions are being taken without due attention to academic interests. A submission obtained by The Journal drawn ...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Unions unite in call for a 'socially responsible' Glasgow University »

University of Glasgow

Student and academic leaders have issued a joint call to University of Glasgow senior staff to showcase the higher education institution as “socially responsible” and effectively undercut rivals in the setting of tuition fees for rest of UK...

Mon 19 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Union fears over further redundancies at Strathclyde »

Job Security Fears: Compulsory redundancies could be on the cards at one leading Glasgow university

Fears a leading Glasgow university could be on the verge of pushing through a raft of compulsory redundancies have been raised by academics. The Strathclyde University branch of the University and College Union (UCU), which represents staff at the ins...

Thu 15 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Professor calls for controversial cuts in research »

Professor Haldane

A Scottish professor’s comments about the cost and dubious benefit of some university research has caused a storm in academic circles. Writing for The Scotsman, Professor John Haldane, director of the Centre of Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affa...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by John Hislop | Read more »

Row breaks out over Moray House redundancies »

Moray House

Staff at Moray House school of education have been sent letters warning them that their position is “at risk of redundancy”, part of a bid to cut staffing costs by around £1million. The move has been criticised by members of the Univ...

Tue 02 Mar 2010 by Nick Eardley, Joseph Downing, Matthew Moore | Read more »

New UCU strikes target London university »

New UCU strikes target London university

A leading teaching union has launched a protest campaign after the University of the Arts in London announced job cuts. Last week's protest was part of the University and College Union's (UCU) UK-wide 'Defend Jobs, Defend Education' campaign to preven...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by Naomi Kennedy | Read more »

Protestors fear forced redundancies at the University of Stirling »

Hundreds of staff and union members protested potential redundancies at the University of Stirling last week. The group assembled outside the university court, calling for university officials to “stop hiding behind the court” and engage i...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

UUK report criticised for glossing over £2.7 billion investment shortfall »

UUK

A recent report on trends in higher education has been criticised by the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) for ignoring “serious issues”. The report, by universities umbrella organistation Universities UK (UUK) titled Patterns of Highe...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

UCU back in pay discussions »

UCU

Following a breakdown in relations between the lecturers' union and employers' associations over an eight per cent pay rise demand, the two groups are both set to head back to the negotiating table. The University and College Union (UCU) has, effectiv...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

Macwhirter criticised over Israeli boycott backing »

Ian Macwhirter

Sunday Herald columnist and University of Edinburgh rectorial candidate has been criticised for his support of the proposed boycott of Israeli academics – a boycott which the University and College Union (UCU) has already declared illegal. The c...

Wed 11 Feb 2009 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

Staff and students lash out at unrepresentative education taskforce »

Education Secretary, Fiona Hyslop

The final report of the Joint Future Thinking Taskforce on university funding has met with widespread condemnation from students and staff across Scotland. Following the interim report published this summer, student associations and the University and...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Guy Roberston | Read more »

Lecturers demand "inflation busting" 8% gross pay rise »

UCU

The Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) has announced that it plans to push ahead with its demand for an eight per cent increase in lecturers' pay. A UCU spokesperson said that the union: “will press ahead with demands for a rise equivalent to...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

UCU embroiled in legal action over Israel boycott »

The University College Union this week denied allegations that asking union members to question their contacts with Israel is in violation of their legal powers. The denial comes amid allegations from several anonymous members from within the union its...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Lizzy Matthews | Read more »

No 'right to education' for Palestinians »

The Israeli 'security barrier'

The right to education is a fundamental human right - one not often honoured in the occupied Palestinian territories, where thousands of students are blockaded by the Israeli authorities who refuse them the right to freedom of movement. Rami Abdu, who ...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

University staff set for five per cent pay increase »

Staff at universities in Edinburgh are set to receive pay increases of around five per cent later this year as part of a rise in pay for university employees throughout the country.The increase is a result of a three-year pay deal agreed in 2006 after ...

Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

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