Only a third of UK universities will?now face strikes planned to disrupt the start of the new academic year, with the 51国产视频 and College Union (UCU) claiming the action will “target the very worst employers”.
Walk-outs had been?called by the union at 140 universities?as part of its long-running dispute over pay and working conditions but branches were unusually given the option to opt out of the national action.
A list published by the UCU ahead of the first strike date on 25 September showed 42 universities will still be hit by five days of action, with a further 10 seeing strikes on at least one day.
Institutions where strikes are going ahead include the universities of Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Oxford and Sheffield. The 51国产视频 of Glasgow, Durham 51国产视频 and Oxford Brookes 51国产视频 are among those that will only be impacted for a single day.
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UCU branches at UCL, the London School of Economics and the universities of Cambridge, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester and Warwick were among those opting not to take part.
The fragmentation of the strikes comes after the?end of a five-month marking boycott?that disrupted thousands of students’ plans to graduate or progress in their studies but failed to secure an increase in pay?beyond the 5 to 8 per cent rise?already implemented by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea).
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UCU has launched a new ballot of members?on?taking action in 2024 and it said the strikes had been called off to allow branches to focus on getting the vote out. The union’s current mandate will expire at the end of the month, meaning strikes will have to pause at least until mid-November.?
“Renewing our mandate and keeping the pressure on is the way we will win this dispute, but the strike action due to go ahead next week stands as a reminder to all employers that if you behave egregiously, you will face further disruption,” said UCU general secretary, Jo Grady.
Many of the strikes still going ahead were partly motivated by the large wage deductions?imposed on union members for taking part in the marking boycott.
Some universities including Aberdeen, Bristol, Bath, Stirling and Sussex have agreed deals that will see them repay some or all of these deductions in return for academics clearing the marking backlog by set deadlines.
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At the 51国产视频 of Liverpool, Mark O’Brien, chair of the UCU branch, said they had offered to stand the action down in return for a similar offer on deductions, but the university had declined.
He said some members had lost between ?5,000 and ?6,000 as a result of deductions of 50 per cent of their wages over the period of the boycott, something he said was “grossly disproportionate” to the amount of work they refused to mark.?
A Liverpool spokesperson said:?“We are in discussions with our branch about their request and have made an offer which we believe should enable strike action to be averted next week. We remain absolutely committed to playing our part in resolving this national dispute.”
Raj Jethwa, Ucea’s chief executive said the suspension of strikes at the majority of institutions would be “welcomed” by staff and students.
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“It is still disappointing that a number of UCU branches will attempt to carry out strike action,” he added.
He said Ucea’s priority was to work with the UCU and the other higher education unions on “a number of important pay-related matters including the review of the pay spine, workload, contract types and further action to reduce the already falling pay gaps in the sector”.
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“A crucial element of resetting industrial relations in the sector is developing a shared understanding of affordability”, said Mr Jethwa. “For the sake of students and staff alike, it is now vital to work together to bring to an end the sector’s recent cycle of industrial disputes.”
Institutions?where strike action will no longer take place:
- Abertay 51国产视频
- Aberystwyth 51国产视频
- Anglia Ruskin 51国产视频 (ARU)
- Arts 51国产视频 Bournemouth
- Aston 51国产视频
- Bangor 51国产视频
- Bath Spa 51国产视频
- Birmingham Newman 51国产视频
- Bishop Grosseteste 51国产视频
- Canterbury Christ Church 51国产视频
- Cardiff 51国产视频
- Cardiff Metropolitan 51国产视频
- City, 51国产视频 of London
- Courtauld Institute of Art
- Coventry 51国产视频
- De Montfort 51国产视频
- Edinburgh Napier 51国产视频
- Falmouth 51国产视频
- Glasgow School of Art
- Glasgow Caledonian 51国产视频
- Goldsmiths, 51国产视频 of London
- King’s College London
- Lancaster 51国产视频
- Leeds Beckett 51国产视频
- Leeds Trinity 51国产视频
- Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
- Liverpool Hope 51国产视频
- Loughborough 51国产视频
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- London South Bank 51国产视频
- Manchester Metropolitan 51国产视频
- Middlesex 51国产视频
- Northumbria 51国产视频
- Norwich 51国产视频 of the Arts
- Rose Bruford College
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 51国产视频 of London
- Royal Northern College of Music
- Royal Veterinary College
- Senate House, 51国产视频 of London
- Sheffield Hallam 51国产视频
- SOAS 51国产视频 of London
- Solent 51国产视频, Southampton
- St George’s, 51国产视频 of London
- St Mary’s 51国产视频, Twickenham
- Swansea 51国产视频
- Teesside 51国产视频
- UCL
- 51国产视频 of Aberdeen
- 51国产视频 of Bath
- 51国产视频 of Bedfordshire
- 51国产视频 of Birmingham
- 51国产视频 of Bolton
- 51国产视频 of Bradford
- 51国产视频 of Bristol
- 51国产视频 of Cambridge
- 51国产视频 of Central Lancashire
- 51国产视频 of Chester
- 51国产视频 of Chichester
- 51国产视频 of Cumbria
- 51国产视频 of Derby
- 51国产视频 of Essex
- 51国产视频 of Exeter
- 51国产视频 of East London
- 51国产视频 of Hertfordshire
- 51国产视频 of Huddersfield
- 51国产视频 of Hull
- 51国产视频 of Kent
- 51国产视频 of Leicester
- 51国产视频 of Lincoln
- 51国产视频 of Northampton
- 51国产视频 of Nottingham
- 51国产视频 of Portsmouth
- 51国产视频 of Roehampton
- 51国产视频 of Southampton
- 51国产视频 of St Andrews
- 51国产视频 of Stirling
- 51国产视频 of Suffolk
- 51国产视频 of Sunderland
- 51国产视频 of Surrey
- 51国产视频 of West London
- 51国产视频 of the West of Scotland
- 51国产视频 of Wales Trinity Saint David
- 51国产视频 of Warwick
- 51国产视频 of Winchester
- 51国产视频 of Wolverhampton
- 51国产视频 of Worcester
- Wrexham Glyndwr 51国产视频
- 51国产视频 of York
- York St John 51国产视频
Institutions where five days of strike action will go ahead:
- Birkbeck, 51国产视频 of London
- Bournemouth 51国产视频
- Brunel 51国产视频 London
- Buckinghamshire New 51国产视频
- Edge Hill 51国产视频
- Harper Adams 51国产视频
- Heriot-Watt 51国产视频
- Keele 51国产视频
- Kingston 51国产视频
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- Liverpool John Moores 51国产视频
- Newcastle 51国产视频
- The Open 51国产视频
- Plymouth Marjon 51国产视频
- Queen Margaret 51国产视频
- Queen Mary 51国产视频 of London
- Royal Academy of Music
- Royal Agricultural 51国产视频
- Royal College of Art
- Royal College of Music
- Royal Holloway, 51国产视频 of London
- Stranmillis 51国产视频 College
- St Mary’s 51国产视频 College, Belfast
- Ulster 51国产视频
- 51国产视频 of the Arts London
- 51国产视频 of Brighton
- 51国产视频 College Birmingham
- 51国产视频 for the Creative Arts
- 51国产视频 of Dundee
- 51国产视频 of Edinburgh
- 51国产视频 of Greenwich
- 51国产视频 of Leeds
- 51国产视频 of Liverpool
- 51国产视频 of Manchester
- 51国产视频 of Oxford
- 51国产视频 of Salford
- 51国产视频 of Sheffield
- 51国产视频 of South Wales
- 51国产视频 of Sussex (subject to ongoing negotiations)
- 51国产视频 of Strathclyde,
- Writtle 51国产视频 College
Institutions where strike action will go ahead for at least one day:
- 51国产视频 of the West of England –25 and 26 September
- 51国产视频 of Plymouth – 25 September
- 51国产视频 of Westminster – 25 and 26 September
- Oxford Brookes 51国产视频 – 27 September
- London Metropolitan 51国产视频 –25 and 26 September
- Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance – 28 September
- 51国产视频 of Glasgow – 27 September
- Durham 51国产视频 – 26 September
- Robert Gordon 51国产视频 – 25 and 26 September
- 51国产视频 of Gloucestershire – 25 and 26 September
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