'Huge strains' on the UK pay spine
Ucea chief tells John Morgan that national salary bargaining will be tested in the new fees order
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UCU decides against industrial action over pay
University lecturers will not join industrial action later this month over a 1 per cent pay offer after members voted against a strike.
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Battle to regain respect is vital
As the new union president takes office, he tells John Morgan about his priorities for the future
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Fighting the good fight
On the many problems that confront our members in these dark times, our record speaks for itself, says the UCU's Sally Hunt
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Firm footing
Technicians, the academy’s ‘Cinderellas’, play vital roles and deserve proper recognition and support, argue Kelly Vere and Roger Murphy
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The week in higher education
• The University and College Union may suspend its work-to-rule industrial action on pension cuts in pre-1992 universities after talks with employers. Sally Hunt, the UCU general secretary, wrote to...
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Reopen channels
We do not agree with all the arguments advanced by Darrel Ince, but it is clear that much has changed in recent months ("Pensions are safe if we don't stop working", 30 September). The Universities...
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News in brief
Student experience: A better learning environmentTen universities have won support to help them improve the quality of the student-learning experience. Under the ÌÇÐÄVlog Academy's Evidence-...
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The Week in ÌÇÐÄVlog
Labour leader Ed Miliband hit back at David Cameron as the two University of Oxford graduates tussled over their days among the dreaming spires. During Prime Minister's Questions on 8 December, Mr...
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System 'shutdown'? UCU ballots over strike
Higher education's biggest union is to ballot for national strikes over jobs, pay and pensions as student activists claim that action could lead to the "shutdown" of the sector.The University and...
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Students’ show of solidarity with national strike action
Occupations are under way at two London universities as students rally in support of lecturers mounting a national strike over pensions, pay and jobs.
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Gold standard reassessed
Employers are worried that the sector's generous pensions are unsustainable, so could this be the end of the road for final-salary schemes? asks Tariq Tahir
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Academic salary bills are a 'time bomb', say employers
Vice-chancellors warn that pay rises, pensions and inflation could lead to financial woes, writes Melanie Newman
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am 33 and have paid into the Teachers' Pension Scheme for four years (but have never...
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News in brief
Freedom of InformationJisc plots a way through the jungleResearchers are being offered new advice on how to handle Freedom of Information requests for data. The Joint Information Systems Committee,...