Employment

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

In THE survey, university leaders rebuff unions’ calls for double-digit pay rises as some stress current offer is already unaffordable

Maria Toft sparked national conversation about exploitation with #pleasedontstealmywork campaign, but she says it came at the cost of her Copenhagen fellowship

Acas to mediate between unions and employers in an attempt to resolve deadlock on pay

Institution famed for its brutalist campus has paid price for bad luck and bad decisions, staff say

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

European Commission warns of further legal action after Italian universities refuse to offer back pay to unjustly treated foreign lecturers

Female academics are more likely to be employed on zero-hours contracts than male colleagues

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’

Leaders warn more universities likely to face financial difficulties in coming months as pay stretched to ‘limits of affordability’

Early taste of academic precarity reported in biggest-ever survey of student-employees, although rectors’ conference questions reliability of a union-commissioned study

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

Two authors who taught on university’s creative writing course were employed on temporary contracts for 15 years

Government with decade-old birth policy must strengthen support for post-maternity return to work, young academicians say

Court fines Auckland University of Technology over breach of regulator’s order

Highly regarded institution cuts back due to falling student numbers, high dropout rates and rising energy costs

Policy requiring dons to depart at 67 ‘has not opened up opportunities for younger people’, say professors

Meeting between unions and employers ends with no new proposed wage increase presented

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

UCU committee backs escalating action in February and March after rejecting employers’ initial pay rise offer

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

Pay and working conditions to be a key priority for incoming leader

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

Systems with national hiring and promotion systems such as Italy, Poland and Spain may struggle the most with European agenda

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

Agreement on pay hikes and better benefits for graduate student instructors would end biggest-ever job action in US higher education, although many workers dissent

First meeting between Ucea and unions breaks up before negotiations begin due to disagreement over ‘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

Academics doubtful that universities will be prepared to offer increases seen in other UK sectors

As underpayment claims embroil at least half the sector, Griffith’s proposed circuit breaker provokes more discord

‘Real possibility that we can set aside differences’, say employers, after talks with unions that followed three days of strike action

Tentative pact covers postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers, but leaves 300,000-student system in turmoil as talks continue with graduate students in teaching and research roles

Biggest-ever job action in US higher education reaches third week with hundreds of California professors promising to observe picket lines, and system suggesting it may halt their pay

On the picket lines in Cambridge, union members insist this year’s 3 per cent rise is nowhere near enough to contend with spiralling living costs

Incoming staff and students risk losing jobs and funding over delayed checks in ‘sensitive’ fields

For all their collegiality, pay disparity in Australian universities is ‘not out of step’ with big business

Cleaners, security guards and catering staff set to be on picket lines alongside UCU colleagues

Speaking on eve of strikes, new chair George Boyne says affordability is ‘the big constrictor’

Analysis reveals which UK universities have the widest gender pay gaps

Classicist hopes her retirement will allow more of the ‘precariat’ to get a foot on the academic career ladder

Sector leaders acknowledge long-term problems with pay and say now is the time to resolve them after union promises strikes

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’

At THE conference in Los Angeles, warning of long-term debt to workers includes suggested remedies such as temporary release from course loads and pause in tenure clock

THE’s second global work-life balance survey finds although flexible working has brought benefits, long hours remain a ‘chronic’ problem

Long-serving medieval historian Philip Morgan evicted from office after refusing to show his passport for ‘right-to-work’ check

Around 70,000 members at 150 UK universities set to walk out in disputes over pay, working conditions and pensions

First results of landmark survey of 42,186 employees and students released

Embattled university says nine sitting presidents of top-tier research institutions sought top Florida job – but only if they could be assured of sole finalist status

Specialist provider of evening higher education classes planning sweeping cuts to departments, union claims

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

Late amendment to legislation means institutions must be consulted by new Jobs and Skills Australia agency

New recruits at specialist creative arts university get far inferior pensions, says union

Changes will exempt many more researchers from forced retirement at 68 but critics say policy is still unfair