A personal view on why the Higher Education Committee’s decision matters, the legal issues, and why our responsibilities as elected…

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By Matilda Fitzmaurice There is no arguing with many of the facts stated up front in Lorna Finlayson’s ‘Irreversible’, published in the New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’ on 29th May. Climate change is irre...

Source: Flickr ©️ Magnus Hagdorn We at the Campaign for UCU Democracy recognise the importance of our union’s mission to defend and extend the rights of staff in Further and Higher Education and ou…

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The long read: Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt

Relentless off-the-peg commercial rewiring has undermined British higher education

This document contains the decision made by the Certification Officer in this case.

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A very quick guide for UCU members who are interested in the USS pension scheme

Simultaneous interpretation, the illusion of singular speech and linguistic equality.

McGaughey and Blake vs UCU