UCU warns of future action's 'maximum impact'
The University and College Union has warned that it will step up industrial action for "maximum impact" on examinations and assessment if the employers do not return to the negotiating table on...
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The week in higher education
• How has the London Met visa ban played abroad? In short, terribly. "5,000 Pakistani students in UK face deportation in 60 days", screamed a Daily News headline on 31 August (the story mistakenly...
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UCU vote means 63 universities face strikes
Sixty-three of the UK’s most prestigious universities face strikes over changes to pensions after members of the University and College Union backed stoppages.
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Inimical ballot (2 of 2)
Jane Hardy claims to write in a personal capacity ("Pension protection", Letters, 26 January), yet she is standing at the forthcoming UCU national executive committee elections as a member of the...
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One front not enough: let's fight a total war
Delegates vote for a summer of discontent over pay and pensions. John Morgan reports
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Not unanimous, but united
The UCU is a democratic, future-facing endeavour proud to fight for both the one and the many, Sally Hunt affirms
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Leader: Discontent is currency for all ages
Reform of the sector's pension scheme may be essential, but no single option will please everyone - not least students
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Deficits threaten final-salary schemes for support staff
Universities seeking alternatives are accused of unfairness by unions, writes John Morgan
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Leadership candidates see different futures for UCU
General secretary contenders represent political debate over union's direction. John Morgan reports
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Obfuscatory measures
Tony Bruce of the Employers Pensions Forum (EPF) calls for "a rational debate" on the necessity for reforming the Universities Superannuation Scheme ("Debate, not threats", Letters, 10 June).The...
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Uneasy lies the head
ÌÇÐÄVlog’s annual pay survey shows that with a few exceptions, vice‑chancellors’ remuneration did not rise vertiginously in 2011-12 - a good thing politically. But despite reasonable...
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Higher education pay survey 2013
With a few exceptions, vice-chancellors’ remuneration did not rise vertiginously in 2011-12 - a good thing politically. But are they still paid too much compared with their peers?
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News in Brief
Citation rankingThe hottest of the hot listGeneticists dominate a list of the "hottest" researchers compiled by Thomson Reuters. The science data company last week published a ranking of the authors...
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Divided we fall
The sector needs agreement on pensions and job security if it is to resist savage coalition cuts, argues Sally Hunt
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Warwick's support staff to lose defined benefit scheme
Growing fund deficit leads to reforms criticised for creation of a 'two-tier' system. John Morgan writes