1 December 2021

Higher education disputes

The impressive UK-wide turnouts in the USS and 'Four Fights' ballots indicate the anger.

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1 December 2021

Staff and students unite against university bosses' attacks

Why I'm striking: The decision to go on strike is never an easy one. Every University and Colleges Union member that voted 'yes' to industrial action knows full well the impact our strike will have on students' education

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24 November 2021

Support uni workers' walk-out on pay and pensions

on 1 December, UCU members at 54 universities will strike for three days

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10 November 2021

University workers vote for action in two disputes

University staff have voted in favour of industrial action in two disputes, paving the way for strike action in the coming months if management does not agree to improvements to pensions, pay and conditions

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20 October 2021

University workers ballot for strike action

University and College Union (UCU) members in universities are being balloted over whether to take industrial action in two disputes

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13 October 2021

College strikes continue into third week

UCU strikes have continued into their third week at five FE colleges

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3 March 2021

Socialist Students conference

Socialist Students has remained the most organised student group across the country.

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17 February 2021

Conference - Sunday 28 February

- discussing how a movement can be built to transform education and students' lives.

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17 February 2021

Strike back for free education

This year, students have been shafted. We've been used as scapegoats by the government, treated as the personal piggy banks of the higher education sector, and many of us have been completely isolated

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14 October 2020

"It's not fair" - lockdown students demand free education

A Cardiff member of Socialist Students wrote to the Welsh first minister.

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14 October 2020

Students speak out: isolation and uncertainty reign

'Hollow and empty' higher education: Hollow and empty is how I would describe the first week of my higher education.

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14 October 2020

University workers ballot for action against in-person teaching

University workers are escalating disputes over unsafe campus reopening plans as cases soar in university cities.

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3 June 2020

Reject the university employers' offer on pay, workload and casualisation

Over the last 12 months University and College Union (UCU) members have undertaken a determined struggle in the 'four fights' dispute, taking 22 days of strike action over pay, casualisation, workload and pay inequality

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5 May 2020

Pay full fees for virtual courses? - No way!

The HE sector faces a massive funding 'black hole' which could see thousands of job losses

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26 February 2020

Students and workers out together on Budget Day, 11 March

Socialist Students is backing protests against the Tory budget on 11 March

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Royal Mail workers in the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) at a gate meeting leicester Meridian, photo by Steve Score

25 February 2020

Royal Mail workers in the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) supporting a 'yes' vote in a reballot for strike action, Leicester Meridian, 25.2.20, photo by Steve Score

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4 February 2020

14 more days of university strikes over pensions, pay and conditions

The UCU has announced 14 days of further strike action

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29 January 2020

University and College Union: Pensions, pay and conditions dispute reach a crucial stage

As we go to press, a crucial meeting of the University and College Union (UCU) higher education committee is set to take place to decide the future strategy in the ongoing disputes over pensions, pay and conditions.

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20 November 2019

Pay and pension strike: university staff have had enough

On 25 November university staff will send a clear message to management

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6 November 2019

UCU votes for pay and pension strikes

The University and College Union (UCU) has decisively voted to back strike action in two separate ballots over pensions, pay and conditions in higher education.

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