Kent staff seek guarantees over workloads in week-long strike
UCU urges management to rule out compulsory redundancies as it stages walkout at institution hit by several waves of restructuring

UCU urges management to rule out compulsory redundancies as it stages walkout at institution hit by several waves of restructuring

Bureaucracy fears as new Research England rules push for ‘robust data’ on where quality-related funding is spent

Bridget Phillipson flags ‘wide-scale organised exploitation’ as she announces new measures to combat fraud connected to franchised provision


Seven-figure salaries needed to attract top talent, universities argue, but staff apprehend ballooning executive remuneration with ‘disbelief and anger’

American applicants help to drive growing international interest in Chinese partnership institutions

Institutions reduce shares in companies after review highlights holding large amounts of equity can supress growth

Governments and institutions launch schemes to attract US talent – but budget and anti-internationalisation policy could get in the way, some fear

Alex Salmond’s famous anti-fees pledge remains cast in stone. But with the debacle at Dundee lending credence to the view that Scottish universities are in an even deeper financial hole than their...

If our subjects are to stay alive and relevant, we must engage more strongly with the factors that give them a place in society, says Marion Thain

Fees rising and scholarships disappearing as visa constraints reduce incentive to keep students’ costs low

Institutions still waiting for a budget to be set for financial year amid Javier Milei’s unprecedented austerity drive


High Court judgment preventing protesters from disrupting ceremonies sets ‘dangerous precedent’, say human rights groups

While institution has now implemented this year’s rise, UCU members want it backdated to August