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UUK Tag Archive

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...

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...

Picket lines are drawn in the UCU strikes

by • 28th February 2018

Steven Ross reports on the staff and students that took to the picket lines in support of the UCU industrial action...

Vice-Chancellor voices support for striking staff

by • 27th February 2018

Professor Chris Day, the Vice-Chancellor and President of Newcastle University, has expressed support for staff striking in protest at changes to their pensions. Staff at 64...

University make strike promises to students

by • 8th February 2018

Newcastle University's Registrar John Hogan has confirmed that students will not be tested on missed content, and that the money saved on the payroll will be invested for student...

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...