British and Irish teaching Unions support United for Education 25 Jun 2010 | 09:01 pm

The British and Irish Group of Teachers Unions (BIGTU),which represents all the EI-affiliated unions in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, has issued a statement in support of the United ...

Petitions and balloons at East Riding College 25 Jun 2010 | 03:32 am

Campaigning in Calderdale 25 Jun 2010 | 03:27 am

UCU held a staff event during lunchtime, to which community groups affected by cuts at the college were invited. Pink and Blue fairy cakes were given out to everyone who signed the joint union’s petit...

Action at Hereford College of Arts 24 Jun 2010 | 04:14 am

The UCU and NUS branches here ran events in tandem, including speakers and a recruitment stall. UCU also showed their film ‘day in the life’. “Thanks for attending today. You may or may not know th...

Lively lunchtime rally in Southampton 24 Jun 2010 | 04:07 am

Southampton University UCU, UNISON and UNITE held stalls and a lively lunchtime rally on the green. They collected signatures and made up 200 placards to represent the number of admin posts currently ...

Purple picnic at Manchester College 24 Jun 2010 | 04:01 am

Manchester College union members held a ‘purple picnic’ on the grass outside the principal’s office to demonstrate their solidarity with colleagues across the education sector faced with losing their ...

Nursery protest at Goldsmiths 24 Jun 2010 | 03:56 am

Goldsmiths College UNISON, NUS and UCU used the day to highlight their campaign to save the college nursery following management’s decision to shut the facility from September 2010 leaving staff and s...

Budget warning at Bristol rally 23 Jun 2010 | 09:28 pm

Union members from the two universities in Bristol held a mass rally at the to institutions. A great turnout was followed by local media coverage in the Evening Post: University staff protest over pl...

Vuvuzelas protest in Doncaster 23 Jun 2010 | 04:12 am

Doncaster College union members held noisy protests throughout the day using UCU-customised vuvuzelas to express their anger at the cuts!

Unions uniting up in Aberdeen 23 Jun 2010 | 02:34 am

University of Aberdeen UCU, UNISON and UNITE branches held a lively rally outside the university.