University lecturers will strike in early December over pay, workload, casualisation and inequality

The UCU has decided to take to the ballot over a number of nationwide cuts, meaning possible nationwide disruption to university life.

Amid growing numbers of Covid cases on campuses, the NUS and UCU have come together to ask the government to keep students and staff safe

UMUCU told The Mancunion that the University’s cost-saving drive has left some staff worried that their fixed-term contracts are unlikely to be renewed

Staff at the University of Manchester are being given the option to volunteer for a severance scheme, unpaid leave, reduced hours and pay cuts

The fortnight strike, along with walkouts across the country, caused severe disruption to studies despite a turnout of less than 5%

A physical return to campus may not mean a return to lecture halls this September

The University of Manchester is exploring reducing pay-related costs, freezing non-essential appointments and potentially terminating some jobs in response to losses from Covid-19

The students used each night to highlight one of the ‘four fights’

The students are protesting University response to the current UCU strikes

Students express their support and frustration towards the continuing strikes as UCU hope for progress

Phoebe Moore writes that students’ disrupted timetable due to the UCU strikes impacts our education, but may also be impacting our wellbeing

The strike is the second round of industrial action from UCU this academic year protest working conditions, pay, and pensions for lecturers

University and College Union have announced that 14 days of further industrial action will begin this month

Manchester UCU members have called the report an “absolute scandal”and said that education should not be about making profits

In protest of the £8 million worth of investments UoM has in Israel, students took to the streets standing in solidarity with UCU strikers

The organisation aims to educate students about the context of the ongoing industrial action

The University of Manchester, alongside 60 other higher education institutions in the UK, is currently undergoing eight days of industrial action by staff over pensions, pay and conditions. Universities have been advised to “minimise” the impact of industrial action by using teaching staff not participating in the strike to cover for absent colleagues and rescheduling […]

The statement says that student academic progression is their “key priority”

Students at the Welsh university have calculated a loss of almost £400 per student during the strike period