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Strike action announced at Newcastle

by • 5th November 2019

Grace Dean reports on upcoming strike action at Newcastle....

Best student politics moment of 2018

by • 10th December 2018

Ah, the strikes debacle. Remember that cold long February last academic year? We had the Beast from the East and the UCU lecturer strikes, leaving students out in the cold...

UCU Strike latest: Members vote to end strikes

by • 13th April 2018

UCU members have voted to bring months of industrial action and uncertainty to a close after voting to accept the terms set out by the UUK, as they continue to propose pension...

Teaching will go ahead after Easter break

by • 11th April 2018

Planned strike action scheduled to take place in the two weeks following the Easter break will not go ahead. In an e-mail circulated to all students, Vice Chancellor Professor...

Strikes set to continue after Easter break as UCU rejects pensions deal

by • 15th March 2018

Isabel Sykes brings us the latest updates from the UCU industrial action: strikes to continue after Easter...

Discussions over pensions resume as strike continues to halt teaching

by • 5th March 2018

Talks restart on Monday 5th March to bring an end to the lecturers' strike...

Soapboxes

by • 5th March 2018

Comment's home of rants; weird, wonderful, weekly....

Lecturers: It’s a strike!

by • 19th February 2018

Cuts to and marketisation of university pensions has provoked a strike, but what do students think?...

Dramatic Student Council ends in officer resignation

by • 13th February 2018

NUSU Marginalised Genders Officer, Emily Sherwood, publicly resigned at Student Council...

The Lecturer Strike: What’s Going On?

by • 7th February 2018

The Courier presents the arguments surrounding the UCU industrial action, as the University and its lecturers are divided over changes to the employer contribution towards the USS...