UCU - University and College Union

UCU - University and College Union University and College Union (UCU): UK trade union representing staff in further & higher education.

UCU is the largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK.

27/09/2026

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27/09/2026

General Secretary Jo Grady reacts to the Education Secretary's speech at Labour Conference today.

Hope is a start but UCU members in higher and further education need substance and they need it now.

27/09/2026

Our members at Edinburgh University are on strike over outrageous cuts. Here at Labour Party Conference we heard from students who stood in solidarity with our members in a huge rally this week.

Inspiring.

27/09/2026

It is day one of the Labour Conference and we are here to talk to 20,000 delegates and visitors about the crisis in higher and further education.

The Education Secretary speaks at 12:30 and we will bring you reaction to that this afternoon.

26/09/2026

“Our future security shouldn’t be based on the insecurity of Palestinians.”

UCU has repeatedly called on USS to divest from companies complicit in Israel’s actions in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories.

Collective action is what forces change.

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This Monday at Labour Party Conference: Wages Not Weapons.Join UCU’s Jo Grady, UCU General Secretary, RichardBurgon MP, ...
26/09/2026

This Monday at Labour Party Conference: Wages Not Weapons.

Join UCU’s Jo Grady, UCU General Secretary, RichardBurgon MP, Asad Reman and Faiza Shaheen to make the case for investing in people, public services and real security.

Monday 28 September | 12.15–1.15pm
The Long Shot, Albert Dock, Liverpool

USS has already shown it can act. Now it needs to finish the job.We are calling on USS to divest from the Israeli settle...
25/09/2026

USS has already shown it can act. Now it needs to finish the job.

We are calling on USS to divest from the Israeli settler economy before sanctions take effect.

Read our full statement:

UCU and its members have campaigned relentlessly for the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), Britain's biggest private pension scheme, to end its complicity in Israel's apartheid regime and its genocidal war on Gaza. Earlier this month the government announced an unprecedented sanctions regime...

23/09/2026

Higher education is under attack and that is exemplified by the treatment and targeting of international students.

Mark Pendleton speaking on No Shortcuts podcast.

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23/09/2026

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Almost 3,000 views yesterday on our new podcast - No Shortcuts.You can watch and share here but also listen wherever you...
23/09/2026

Almost 3,000 views yesterday on our new podcast - No Shortcuts.

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