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Pay Delegates to UCU conference recognised the enormous assault that lecturers are facing on their jobs and pay. They argued that these things are part of a wider attack on education and that every attack must be resisted.

How to stand up to bullies is one of the most important lessons many of us learn in school.

Management attempts to drive through a "business plan" that would cut jobs is creating a storm at our school.

by Ken Muller, assistant branch secretary of Islington NUT (personal capacity)

Over 400 Barnsley College lecturers and students demonstrated through the south Yorkshire town yesterday, Wednesday, to protest at a threat to make 25 percent of the college’s lecturers redundant.

Tory cuts threaten to destroy thousands of education jobs—and drive working class people out of education.

Lecturers at Barnsley College were stunned to be told on Thursday of last week that at least 31 of us were facing compulsory redundancy. This is on top of 19 voluntary redundancies, so 25 percent of lecturers would go in total.

Lecturers at London Metropolitan University started a ballot for strikes on Monday. If they vote yes, workers could be out on strike next month.

Members of the UCU union at Sheffield College took part in six days of strikes last week.

More than 30 pickets and supporters gathered outside Selwyn primary school in Waltham Forest, east London, on Tuesday of this week.

Teachers at Forest Hill school in Lewisham, south east London, will begin a strike ballot on Wednesday of this week against a compulsory redundancy.

NUT members at Islington Arts and Media School were set to strike on Thursday of this week.