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UCU Strike latest: Emergency measures announced in University Senate

by Zoe Crowther• 25th March 2018

Newcastle University Senate formally agreed that the strike action constitutes an emergency situation...

UCU prepared to carry out further strike action

by Zoe Crowther• 12th March 2018

University and College Union’s (UCU) national High Education Committee (HEC) met on Thursday 9th March to outline decisions regarding the potential next steps of the...

Lecturers lead Teach-Ins across Newcastle

by Hannah Kent• 6th March 2018

If you turned up to a 9am last Thursday and your lecturer didn’t do the same, you may have wondered what was going on. If you rocked up to an 11am, and the same thing happened,...

Unis threaten pay deductions over strike action

by Louise Hall• 6th March 2018

Universities threatening big pay deductions risk prolonging strikes. After 5 days of strike action, staff at 61 Universities have returned to work while taking actions short of a...

Minister calls for student compensation over strikes

by Isabel Sykes• 6th March 2018

At the launch of a new regulator for higher education in England, the Office for Students, universities minister Sam Gyimah said students should receive compensation for missed...

Amelia Ward: We are more than consumers. Resist the pension cuts!

by Amelia Ward• 20th February 2018

Amelia Ward: Opposition to the strikes is symptomatic of our toxic individualism. It's time to save ourselves from overbearing and distant elites and join the strike!...