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UK universities look to open campuses in India amid financial woes at home

Branches aim to tap into huge domestic market in face of changing visa regimes and international competition

The Guardian - UK

Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls

Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring

The Guardian - UK

Vast majority of A-level students secure first choice university places – as it happened

Over three-quarters of English applicants gain enough points for their favoured course

The Guardian - UK

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No mandate for fresh university strikes as union ballot fails to reach threshold

The University and College Union said more than two in three of its members who voted in the ballot backed further walkouts.

The Independent UK

University staff end historic dispute over pensions

HIGHER education staff have voted to end a long-running dispute over pensions which led to a series of strikes. The University and College Union…

The National (Scotland)

College students face disruption as staff back strike action in pay dispute

Members of the University and College Union at 32 colleges in England have voted to strike over their pay and working conditions.

The Independent UK

Gillian Keegan announces plans for minimum service levels in universities

The Education Secretary said the Government would consult on the change.

The Independent UK

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Universities watchdog failing to meet students’ needs and ‘not trusted’ by many

A report has accused the Office for Students – whose chair is a Tory peer – of lacking independence from the Government.

The Independent UK

UK university staff poised to strike for five days in freshers’ week

UCU members vote for action between 25-29 September over pay and conditions but end marking boycott

The Guardian - UK

UK universities face more strikes unless employers resume talks, union warns

University and College Union is preparing a new ballot that could lead to marking boycott continuing and strikes lasting into 2024

The Guardian - UK

University marking boycott: government urges both sides to negotiate

Education minister writes to university employers and union as tens of thousands of students are left without degree results

The Guardian - UK

‘Significant number’ of Durham students face delays in receiving degree results

Members of the University and College Union are staging a marking boycott at 145 universities across the UK.

The Independent UK

'Don't leave': Union chief pleads with members amid Ukraine controversy

THE head of a union under fire over a call for the UK Government to stop arming Ukraine has called the issue a “distraction” and urged members…

The National (Scotland)

‘It would be a betrayal to back down now’: university pay row reaches new level of acrimony

As the stalemate continues, union infighting has added a new dimension while universities are threatening to dock pay

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‘This will be biggest pensions win in British trade union history’

A UNION is on the verge of the “biggest pensions win” in the history of British trade unions, its boss said as she told members university…

The Independent UK

Academics have ‘more generous’ benefits than other professionals – report

It comes as a marking boycott is being carried out at universities in an ongoing dispute over staff’s pay and conditions.

The Independent UK

UK universities may be hit financially by ban on overseas student families

The Home Secretary should lobby the Chancellor ‘to help universities recoup their losses’, a think tank director said.

The Independent UK

Negotiations must ‘restart’ to prevent graduation delays – Cambridge university

Many students are facing the ‘likelihood that the completion of their degrees and their graduation may be delayed’, acting vice-chancellor says.

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Daily Mirror

Union boss learns the hard way that you shouldn't libel people on Twitter

College union leader Jo Grady pays damages after falsely accusing firefighter Paul Embery of being a 'misogynist, a pervert and a liar'

The Independent UK

Union boss to pay damages to firefighter over ‘reckless’ tweets, court told

Paul Embery said UCU general secretary Dr Jo Grady had caused him ‘considerable distress’.

The Guardian - UK

Exam marking boycott by UK university staff could hit graduations this summer

University and College Union to go ahead with industrial action after members reject offer on pay and working conditions

The Guardian - UK

Staff at 150 UK universities begin three days of strikes

Industrial action going ahead despite hopes of breakthrough on pay, conditions and pensions last week

Daily Mirror

How a dad who tackled rowdy boozers on a train sparked a very modern row

After Paul Embery asked the group to stop swearing he was accused of bullying women

Evening Standard

University staff and civil servants go on strike

The University and College Union will reballot members to allow staff to take further industrial action through the rest of the academic year

The Independent UK

Thousands of university staff and civil servants to begin three day strike

The University and College Union will reballot members to allow staff to take further industrial action through the rest of the academic year

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