The University and Colleges Union (UCU) has today floated the possibility of another 14 days of strikes, designed to hit the exam and assessment period this summer, should the ongoing pensions dispute not reach a resolution in the near future.
Sanctioned by the Union’s higher education committee (HEC), 65 institutions would be affected by the additional industrial action, which would take place between April and June.
UCU members are currently striking over planned changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). The proposed changes would end the defined benefit pension schemes for university staff incomes under £5500, replacing them with defined contribution […]
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