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28 March 2018
Goldsmiths students occupy and protest in support of UCU strikers
Student activism has been invigorated during the University and College Union (UCU) strike at Goldsmiths, part of the University of London, writes Ellen Kenyon Peers, Goldsmiths Socialist Students.
14 March 2018
Strike continues: set dates for next national action
University strikers have determinedly fought on with their pensions strike
7 March 2018
Years of fees, cuts and marketisation have created an army of low-paid and casualised workers
1 March 2018
National lecturers' pension strike continues
Students have been actively supporting the strikes of UCU members
23 February 2018
Lecturers strike around country in defence of pensions
UCU members in 61 universities have started their 14 days of strike action
24 January 2018
Lecturers vote for strikes against pension cuts
88% of University and College Union (UCU) members in 68 universities have voted for national strikes on a 58% turnout.
24 January 2018
Southampton: Pay rise for uni boss, job losses for lecturers
Universities in England have become a microcosm of capitalism. At Southampton University the vice-chancellor has awarded himself a pay rise to £424,000, while at the same time making plans to sack over 50 lecturers.
29 November 2017
Brighton Uni lecturers strike against job cuts
A lunchtime walkout preceded a full day of action, after a magnificent 85% vote in favour of striking against forced redundancies
25 October 2017
Lecturers at the University of Manchester held a successful rally, supported by students, on the first day of their strike action on 23 October
4 October 2017
University of Leeds workers walk out
Staff at the University of Leeds are taking industrial action in a dispute the University and College Union (UCU) has declared to be of national importance
21 June 2017
Welsh college strike against crippling workload
Around 50 UCU union members at Coleg y Cymoedd in Rhondda Cynon Taff and Caerphilly attended picket lines on 15 June as we took strike action against oppressive workloads and to defend quality education
15 February 2017
Socialist Students: growing, brimming with confidence
Socialist Students conference showcased a growing organisation
23 November 2016
Campaigning Socialist Students groups needed to hold student unions to account
Local student unions failed to properly organise and mobilise for the national education demonstration on 19 November.
29 June 2016
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. Lecturers, train workers and cleaners on strike.
23 June 2016
Sheffield UCU strikers run alternative open day
University of Sheffield UCU lecturers were on strike today as part of the union's national campaign for a Fair Deal for Higher Education, writes Alistair Tice.
25 May 2016
University lecturers strike for fair pay
UCU members were out in force for the first day of UK-wide two-day strike action against a paltry 1.1% pay offer
2 March 2016
Historic further education strike in England
On 24 February, lecturers' union UCU and public sector union Unison took joint strike action across England in the further education sector for the first time.
24 February 2016
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. National FE college strike; construction workers protest against employers breaking pay agreements; Independent newspaper to close.
27 January 2016
Birmingham teachers strike to resist academy attack
Teaching staff in the NUT at Small Heath School in Birmingham have started nine days of strike action against the threat to turn it into an academy.
11 November 2015
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. College and uni lecturers lead the fightback.
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