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Higher education is one of the most casualised sectors of the UK economy, and for many it means a struggle to get by

With teacher-assessed grades this summer expected to result in more top marks, universities are worried about space in halls and staffing

  Since the latest round of trade union-led national strike mobilisations were initiated on Wednesday April 28, Colombian state forces have committed human rights abuses on a massive scale.  According to national human rights organisations, state forces have killed at least 18 people, with some reporting up to 37 deaths, and left numerous others with permanent eye injuries.  There are also several reports of sexual violence committed against detainees, while human rights observers and journa...

HUNDREDS of academics, students, trade unionists, politicians and campaigners have expressed solidarity with Bogazici students and academics in Istanbul in an online day of action. Bogazici students have been protesting against the appointment of an unelected rector by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since January 4 and have been met with police brutality and state condemnation.  Video messages of support for the resistance against the Turkish government’s interference at the univers...

Last modified on Fri 22 Jan 2021 13.44 EST At least nine universities in the UK have announced plans for staff job cuts to save money, in moves branded as “insensitive” and “despicable” by academics struggling to support students through the difficulties of the Covid pandemic. In London, the University and College Union is fighting potential job losses at three institutions: the University of East London; Goldsmiths; and Senate House, University of London. Elsewhere, redundancies are pl...

Vice-chancellors and unions say students deserve rebate for government-imposed lockdown