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Vice-chancellor and union rep make rare joint statement appealing to national negotiators to resolve dispute

Mechanism needed to stem ‘unlimited recruitment’ by wealthy institutions and resulting job cuts at other universities, say UCU activists

Universities seek to change procedures to ensure greater flexibility in case marks are delayed

General secretary settles legal case after being sued by trade union activist Paul Embery, who said she had â€˜portrayed him as a misogynist’

University says cuts will ‘strengthen its position’ amid ongoing fee freeze, but union blames costly campus redevelopment 

May Day rallies kick off a ‘week of action’ from coast to coast, as more union branches plan stoppages – and others reach agreement

Union attempts to rally members behind potentially game-changing action despite threats of 100 per cent wage deductions

University says attempts to retrospectively change a years-old agreement are about â€˜resolving ambiguities’ around how staff are paid for student consultations

Academics to refuse to assess students’ work for an indefinite period, posing threat to this year’s graduations

Unions representing full-time and adjunct faculty walk out at New Jersey’s three-campus 67,000-student system

Staff at more institutions vote for industrial action, as enterprise negotiations drag on

Jason Wingard agrees to leave after less than two years in charge

Union’s key decision-making committee decides against another strikes pause and putting agreement to members

Union begins six days of action across UK universities after controversial decision to pause walkouts 

Disquiet as sandstone university hires interstate corporate lawyer to bargain on bosses’ behalf

Long-fought campaign by members finally secures union a seat at the negotiating table

Using Twitter to call people out has landed Jo Grady in potential legal trouble, but will a combative communications strategy force leaders into making concessions?

Union endorsement proves crucial, as direct pitches to staff falter

Union announces plans to go ahead with walkouts across six days in March to ‘ramp up pressure’ as Acas talks near conclusion

All staff covered by national negotiations to receive 2 per cent or £1,000 more in March

UCU leadership criticised for making ‘unilateral’ decisions as academics scramble to get back to work

All sides hail significant progress, with phasing-out of zero-hours contracts and higher wages for lower paid to be discussed in two-week talks

Labour deputy leader promises to raise staff concerns about pay deductions with shadow education secretary 

The ‘sector’ may be able to afford more than the current offer, but many individual universities cannot, says Peter Sloane

Graduate student workers energised after record walkout, though meaningful improvements remain a long slog for majority still in economically precarious contingent teaching

Even institutions that have been feeling the financial pinch can better invest in their employees by rethinking their priorities, say striking workers

Another 18 days of strikes to hit universities across the country in February and March, with UCU promising ‘most disruptive action ever’

Rather than attempting to block resolutions, university leaders should focus on creating people-first cultures, says Hanfu Mi 

Unions ‘disappointed’ and say ‘marginally improved’ rise ranging from 5 per cent to 8 per cent would not fix sector’s problems

Union calls 18 days of action in February and March ahead of crunch meeting in pay talks

Union may have united membership again but 18 days of strikes could lead to support ‘withering away’, commentators suggest

Union’s higher education committee meets to finalise next steps in campaign after messy debate

Lack of agreement on whether industrial action should continue while talks are in progress hampers chances of resolving dispute

Poorly understood clause in new Australian act may oblige universities to reach terms with representatives, just as they develop a taste for dealing directly with staff

Long-running divisions brought back to the fore at crucial period in UK pay negotiations

First meeting between Ucea and unions breaks up before negotiations begin due to disagreement over â€˜de-escalating the dispute’

Union leader Jo Grady distances herself from higher education committee decision as key pay negotiations begin

Professional staff say ‘yes’, academics say ‘no’ as another Australian university bypasses the union

While unions see applications in the private college sector, Australian universities worry about being forced to enter collective bargaining

Top research universities have long cited their value in growing local economies, but massive graduate student walkout suggests a critical need to better protect the people who make the magic happen

RMT general secretary joins university staff in London rally on third day of sector-wide strike action

The need to rearrange academic units and, potentially, cut staff is the direct result of UK government policy, say David Latchman and Matthew Innes

Walkout over wages and benefits – biggest in any US job sector this year – snarls 300,000-student system just weeks before autumn semester exams

You are part of the problem, academic union tells Labour, as government declines to ‘step in’

Head and deputy head of media department warned students about potential impact of marking boycott

Walkouts set to hit 150 universities but experts unconvinced action will lead to breakthrough on pay

Union passes 50 per cent threshold in aggregated ballot for first time since trade union laws introduced in 2016

It is not enough to argue that higher education’s primary relationship with the students is not labour-related, say Jeffrey Stankunas and Emily Dilloway

NTEU council rejects outright condemnation and resists push for expulsions

Staff down tools as pay and university funding alike drift well behind inflation

Union’s survey finds majority feels social class determines career progression in higher education

Union members begin walkouts at 16 universities amid calls for higher wage rises due to cost-of-living crisis

Enrolments down and activism up, as staff brace for job losses and management prepares for shutdowns

Ballot result comes days before UCU plans to poll its members on whether to take action over below inflation pay rises

Jo Grady confident the union will ‘far surpass’ the necessary turnout of 50 per cent to secure a mandate for further industrial action

But representative body says conclusions from analysis of university financial accounts are based on flawed assumptions

Union estimates UK sector made £3.4 billion in 2020-21 financial year and calls for funds to be invested in staff

Dramatic change in context could help union secure mandate for broader action but scale of challenge remains daunting

Head of university employers’ body talks upcoming industrial action, cost-of-living crisis and future of collective bargaining

Universities face tough decisions as staff argue for wage rises to keep up with cost of living and budgets become increasingly stretched