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Hundreds of students and workers protested at management attacks on staff and education

A group of workers at Soas University of London are discussing action over bosses’ plans to impose serious attacks on staff. The plan will effectively put workers on casual contracts out of a job.

Workers in 37 UCU union branches are reballoting for strikes. The branches voted overwhelmingly for walkouts in initial ballots, but failed to meet the Tories’ 50 percent turnout threshold for legal strikes.

IWGB and UCU union members marched chanting, “Two strikes, one fight!” and, “UCL you’re out of time – outsourcing is a crime”

Three things in the past week have offered some inspiration and excitement away from the election grind

Lecturers and other higher education staff are back to work but the fight over pensions and conditions goes on, writes Sadie Robinson

Workers at the Tower Hamlets branch of New City College began a two-day strike over pay and conditions on Tuesday.

UCU members staged big picket lines and rallies on Monday, on the sixth day of an eight-day strike. Many workers feel emboldened after a week of hugely successful action.

More than 43,000 lecturers and other university staff returned to a strike this week in a battle over pay, pensions, conditions and contracts.

Hundreds of thousands of activists who are part of the Fridays for Future movement demanded urgent climate action

 Striking school students will take action on Friday across many areas of Britain and large parts of the globe.

University strikers have been cheered by news that their union is set to reballot more branches