Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 5, June 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
The news you didn’t see this week…
University strike dispute intensifies as academics at 37 institutions support industrial action.
As part of the ramping up of a long-running dispute between the UCU and university employers, the union is threatening action for fairer pay and conditions for academic staff.
Trade union and labour movement support escalates for the global academic boycott of the University of Liverpool.
The union allowed antisemitism to flourish, academic and UCU member David Hirsh writes.
London law lecturer Gunnar Beck is running for a party that German security services believe supports ‘racial–nationalist’ ideology.
Who is going to pay the £300m in new pension costs facing universities and colleges?
The reversal comes after a campaign from the University and Colleges Union and MP Nick Brown
A new survey revealed how 89% of higher and further education workers are in support of a new referendum. And academics celebrated on social media.
Lecturers are balloting for strike action after years of plummeting pay. General secretary, Sally Hunt, urges university and college bosses to do the right thing and accept the demands.