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UCU union members at Richmond College in south west London struck on Wednesday of last week over pay cuts and workloads. Bosses want to cut pay by 3 percent on top of the national pay freeze.

More than 100 people gathered in Brixton tonight, Thursday, to protest against the selloff of a local Lambeth College site.

Cleaners and other outsourced workers at King’s College London are finally to be paid the London Living Wage of £8.80. The university initially agreed to pay staff the living wage in November 2010.

UCU union members at Lambeth College in south London have called a strike for Tuesday of next week.

UCU union members at the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan) struck on Thursday and Friday of last week over 52 job cuts. 

Left wing candidates got big votes in recent UCU union elections.

About 70 Kingston University students and workers joined a protest on Wednesday of last week outside the board of governors meeting. They were protesting against the decision to close the University’s School of Surveying and Planning.

UCU MEMBERS at the University of Central Lancashire were set to strike for 48 hours, starting on Thursday of this week to save jobs. 

Further and higher education workers were set to meet to discuss an ongoing pay dispute on Saturday of this week.

Lecturers at Edinburgh College struck for three days last week in a bitter dispute over attacks on their terms and conditions.

After years of below-inflation pay rises unions in universities are striking for a real pay increase. Many are demanding that the unions escalate the dispute, says Sadie Robinson

A strike by lecturers at Edinburgh College got off to a flying start on Thursday of last week.