After a marking boycott, the university threatened to withhold our pay. That only made us angrier
Dr Tanzil Chowdhury
The disdain shown to us inspired me to redouble my efforts on the picket lines. Lecturers and students alike have had enough, says Tanzil Chowdhury, a lecturer at Queen Mary University of London
December 2022
Higher education regulator to make freedom of speech priority next year
OfS expected to gain new powers to regulate freedom of speech issues in England
July 2022
University accused of ‘vindictive attack’ as staff lose 21 days’ pay over protest
Academics fear docked wages after marking boycott at Queen Mary University of London are start of a wider crackdown
May 2022
UK universities union abandons national approach to marking dispute
UK universities urged to boost mental health support after student death
November 2021
UK universities and colleges face three days of strikes in December
Staff at 58 institutions voted to strike over pay and conditions and to stop cuts to pensions
The Guardian view on university strikes: another winter of campus discontent
Editorial: The deterioration of pay and conditions has hammered staff morale. Students will feel the effects
UK university staff back strikes over pay and conditions
UK university staff to strike over cuts to pension benefits
Kathleen Stock says she quit university post over ‘medieval’ ostracism
September 2021
UK university staff to vote on strike action in coming academic year
Exclusive: battle over steep cuts to pension benefits reignites just as campuses recover from Covid
May 2021
London South Bank University staff sound alarm over drop in courses
‘Horrific’ cuts in pipeline for English universities and students
April 2021
UK universities urge government to be ‘proportionate’ in free speech legislation
Members of the Russell Group are concerned at extra bureaucracy and say they already work to uphold free speech
February 2021
UCL board rejects IHRA definition of antisemitism
Academics oppose use of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition adopted by university
May 2020
Soas to slash budgets and staff as debt crisis worsens in pandemic
Fears of takeover after auditors question whether London-based institution can continue
May 2019
‘It’s cut-throat’: half of UK academics stressed and 40% thinking of leaving
Frequent rejection and a loss of control are making university staff isolated and ill, new research shows
April 2019
Universities are in a building frenzy, but who is actually impressed?
Jonathan Wolff
Students will remember the low ceilings that stop them seeing the PowerPoint screen, not the brushed-aluminium finish
September 2018
Universities failing to tackle sex harassment by staff, says report
Only one sexual misconduct case out of 16 led to a staff member losing their job
April 2017
University leadership
The automated university: bots and drones amid the dreaming spires
After centuries of chalk and talk, universities are finding themselves at the centre of a technological revolution
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