UK students being told that modules are cancelled and recommended options outside their courses, union reports

Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans

Bad business decisions have been blamed for the decision to shut entire departments — as academics protest it is students who suffer

Jane Harrington describes her institution’s merger with Kent as ‘incredibly hard work’ and warns struggling institutions would need support to do the same

Scandals about franchised provision have undermined the sector, and universities need to ensure failings are not repeated, vice-chancellors say

Learners left unable to graduate or progress by ‘last resort’ industrial action

The past decade has seen a dramatic rise in teaching-only roles in the UK, particularly outside the sciences. But does that amount to a welcome focus on education or a cost-saving wheeze that constric...

Provide hardship funds to precariously employed staff at Goldsmiths whose employment has been cut or changed as a result of Covid-19 or restructures and who may be further impacted by strike deductions during GUCU industrial action

Unprecedentedly long strikes at Nottingham, Edinburgh and Dundee could be the shape of things to come, observers say

Mathematicians express ‘extreme concern’ over the pace of development, following existential risk warnings

The University and College Union (UCU) has today (15 September) condemned plans by the University of Brighton to derecognise UCU on campus.

Staff offered £8,000 to give up Local Government Pension Scheme membership, but those who do not agree could have their contracts terminated, union says

Institutions will be unable to play full role in advancing local economic growth without more stable support, report says

Estates teams already facing large backlog of maintenance issues will struggle to retrofit campuses to cope with rising temperatures, experts say

The University and College Union (UCU) has today responded to a report published by the Higher Education Policy Institute on pressures facing the professional and support staff who underpin the day-to...

The University and College Union (UCU) today criticised Universities UK president and Manchester Metropolitan University vice-chancellor, Malcolm Press, for appearing at Reform UK's conference in Birm...

The University and College Union (UCU) has today responded to the takeover of Lincoln Bishop University by Global University Systems (GUS).

The Scottish Government and Universities Scotland have today published the first report of the co-owned Future Framework for the Sustainability and Success of Scotland's Universities (Future Framework...

Lecturers say they lack support in working with students to develop their academic writing

Universities’ continued use of online exams risks undermining public confidence in degrees, argues Policy Exchange

Coverage that went beyond ‘legitimate’ questions of academic integrity should be investigated, says group of black leaders

With industrial action threatening graduations, parents of affected students urge parties to reach agreement

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Prime minister Andy Burnham must revoke permission for the US to use British bases for airstrikes against Iran, union chiefs have said.

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