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The Latest Breaking News from UCU

Students in Wales face disruption to degrees as lecturers boycott marking and vote to strike over graduation

Exams and dissertations have been left unmarked and it is unclear how final degree classification will be awarded

Wales Online

Bristol students worried UCU marking and assessment boycott will delay graduation

The universities have offered some reassurance

Bristol Post

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.

The Independent UK

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Durham academics continue marking boycott amid pay dispute and urge bosses to back them 'for sake of students'

Students 'won't have all of their marks' is the warning from academics in Durham who want more done to resolve a long-running industrial dispute

Chronicle Live

Staff at Manchester College strike over low pay

The Manchester College said they are 'eager to reach a pay settlement at the earliest opportunity'

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Dazzling basslines

Answers on a cigarette butt PLUS exam worries AND an iconic musician

Manchester Evening News

'I've not had marks back since January' - Manchester students could face delays graduating as strikes intensify

'It's just frustrating as we were the year that started in Covid and have had so much disruption to our studies'

Manchester Evening News

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The frustration and worries of Welsh university students who've had years of studying disrupted by strikes

"It has made me feel as if a degree really isn’t that important. If I can pass a module despite missing half of the lectures and seminars, is what they are teaching me really that valuable or worthwhile?”

Wales Online

Cardiff University staff told up to 100% of pay could be withheld if they take part in assessment boycott

Management have threatened to deduct between 50 to 100% of staff's pay if they follow through with the UCU’s marking and assessment boycott.

Wales Online

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

Cabinet member claims college blocked board appointment over support for strikes

Cllr Tom Logan said he doesn't expect to be in charge of Liverpool's education after next month's elections

Liverpool Echo

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

The Guardian - UK

Group camped 'overnight' in University of Liverpool building in protest

The group claims it occupied a floor in the city centre building overnight

Liverpool Echo

Junior doctors in Bristol need to work for ‘a decade’ before they can afford to buy a home

Today is the last day of their 72-hour national strike

Bristol Post

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The Guardian - UK

UK university staff make breakthrough in strike dispute with employers

Unions and UCEA declare agreement ‘on terms of reference for detailed negotiations’ on pay and conditions

Wales Online

University staff offered new pay, pensions and work deal but will continue strikes while they are considered

The University and College Union (UCU) said the offers pave the way for the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension to be restored by August 2024

The National (Scotland)

Who in Scotland is taking part in the Budget Day walkouts?

HUNDREDS of thousands of workers from several trade unions will strike on Wednesday in what threatens to be the biggest single day of industrial…

The Independent UK

Who is taking part in the Budget Day walkouts?

The unions say it will be the biggest strike in the civil service for decades.

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Belfast Live

Queen’s University workers set for two-day strike over pay and pensions

It follows action earlier this year as part of an ongoing industrial dispute

The National (Scotland)

Strike action to shut Holyrood to public on Wednesday

THE public will be blocked from accessing the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday due to industrial action.

The Guardian - UK

Students at top London university urged to ‘snitch’ on striking lecturers

Queen Mary University accused of ‘turning students into spies’ to gather data on academics who did not reschedule missed teaching

Evening Standard

Top London university hit with resignations over approach to strikes and working conditions

Staff cite management approach to strikes and working conditions as reasons for resigning

The Independent UK

UCU strike days: What dates are university strikes planned in February and March 2023

Over 2.5 million students will be affected by the UCU strikes, as university staff join nurses, ambulance workers and train workers in disputes over pay, terms and conditions

The Guardian - UK

University admin staff are burnt out too

Letter: It’s not just lecturers who are struggling with stress due to unrealistic workloads, says one reader

Liverpool Echo

Jeremy Corbyn to attend Liverpool demo to say refugees are welcome in Merseyside

Event on Saturday to be run alongside petition signed by hundreds

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