Unions

The University of Essex’s vice-chancellor explains why he disagrees with Universities UK’s position on USS pension reform

Majority say they will support their lecturer if they walk out, but two-thirds concerned about impact on education

University and College Union calls for ‘proper transparency of senior pay and perks’

Suspension is a legal and emotional minefield that can blow up in managers’ faces, says a wrongfully suspended scholar 

Universities pay only for direct teaching time, making effective hourly pay derisory, union claims

Growing interest in the student mental health crisis is welcome, but it is overburdened hourly paid lecturers who are most at risk of stress in universities, says Sam Christie

Industrial action is set to begin with a two-day walkout on 22 and 23 February, affecting 61 universities 

David Pitt-Watson and Hari Mann believe there could be a way to settle the ongoing pensions row amicably

Walkouts at 61 universities set to go ahead as chair’s casting vote backs UUK reforms

Fourteen days of strike action set to begin on 22 February if talks fail, affecting 61 universities

Senior academics express fears for younger colleagues as strike deadline looms

UCU plan would maintain defined benefit scheme, but has been branded ‘unaffordable’ by universities

Group CEO of the Universities Superannuation Scheme Bill Galvin outlines the processes and procedures involved in the pension scheme valuation

University management ‘actively misled’ union representatives and wanted to keep members ‘in the dark’, tribunal rules

Union says teaching will not resume until additional funding has arrived in university accounts

Plans would ‘devastate’ members’ pensions, warns UCU after actuarial analysis

Senate backs Glynis Breakwell by 19 votes to 16 after controversy over high pay and calls from staff for her to resign

Pensions expert criticises Universities UK’s ‘outdated’ proposal to end defined benefit scheme for almost 200,000 staff

A badly understood notion of risk has created a fake crisis in university pensions that will devastate academia, argues Dennis Leech

UCU says move will 'raise further questions about the priorities of senior managers'

University and College Union will ballot members on a national walkout over plans to move staff to defined contribution pension scheme

University and College Union warns Russell Group institution will struggle to raise teaching quality while cutting jobs

Strong turnout in ballot over USS changes ‘sends a clear message’ that union members will take action to protect retirement fund, says UCU

Ali Milani believes that the NSS in its current form could be a threat to students’ unions

Salary transparency can promote equality but also tends to foment jealousy and strife among academic staff, as Adrian Furnham has seen at first hand

The ending of Murdoch University’s agreement with its staff over employment conditions could herald a rougher ride for university staff, says Gavin Moodie 

Exams this coming autumn semester to be affected

Senior academics at Teesside University put at risk of redundancy as summer break gets under way

Emily Van Duyne on why she missed graduation despite being passionately committed to her students

In our annual survey of vice-chancellors’ pay, which reveals double-digit hikes for some and more modest rises for others, Simon Baker examines how remuneration committees make their decisions amid calls for greater transparency over the ‘arbitrary’ nature of salary increases

Our annual analysis shows that academic pay is still falling in real terms and that equality is still an issue with regard to gender and ethnicity

Analysis suggests v-c pay is rising twice as fast as salaries of more junior university staff

Does Nigel Piercy textbook case study stem from his experience at Swansea University? 

Free Speech ranking claims quarter of institutional administrations are ‘actively censoring speech’

If Trump and Brexit are the problem, universities are part of the solution, says Sally Hunt. But we must do better than we have

Although remuneration slipped off the top of the agenda at UK universities last year, generous salary rises for v-cs will not be overlooked, says Jack Grove

Election of theology professor Michel Deneken as Strasbourg president angers secularists

An independent investigation is reviewing David Wheeler’s conduct during staff negotiations 

The Universities Superannuation Scheme’s stake in former cluster bomb manufacturer Textron is an inappropriate use of savings, campaigners say

Students and lecturers join forces for a national demonstration over cuts, fee rises and the plight of EU staff and students post-Brexit

More than three-quarters of staff who will receive pay rises are female or ethnic minorities

Effectiveness and impact of one-day strikes targeted at university graduation and open days also questioned by expert and employers

Dundee academics face redundancy at end of ‘shocking’ assessment process

Academic freedom is under threat from forthcoming plans for higher education, says ‘alternative white paper’

Staff at eight UK universities will walk out on scheduled student open days as part of pay dispute

Marking boycott ends after UCU says managers agree to scrap ‘unfair’ targets

Motion passed at union congress under fire, but backers welcome ‘safe space’

Report unveiled at union’s congress highlights ‘unreasonable, unsafe and excessive hours’

With earnings inequality inflaming industrial unrest over pay, figures show most salaries are relatively static while top staff get more

UCU leader will tell congress that docked salaries should be handed to student hardship funds

Move to axe 14 per cent of workforce branded ‘devastating’, but v-c insists change needed

Two-day walkout follows offer branded an 'insult' by the UCU, but employers claim strike will have 'no to low impact'

Possible mass resignation of external examiners in pay dispute raises concerns about sector’s use of contracts, says legal expert

Two long-time critics of London Metropolitan University management have been selected for redundancy, but institution dismisses any suggestion of a link

Vice-chancellors have again come in for flak over what they are paid. We look at how their compensation packages compare with those of their international peers. Jack Grove runs the numbers

Two-day strike over 'insulting' 1.1 per cent pay rise offer may affect student exams and marking

Almost nine in 10 in staff who took part in online poll do not think the former Ofsted chief is fit to lead institution due to cost-cutting plans

Ballot for industrial action is called despite ongoing pay talks over pay claim for 2016-17

Ucea says additional payroll pressures and market instability means uplift is ‘at the limit of affordability’ for many institutions

Some surveys show faculty putting in at least 60 hours a week, but research casts doubt on whether this is a productive routine