Lecturers' pay

Universities condemned over threat to dock all pay of striking staff

Queen Mary in London and Wolverhampton criticised for ‘brutalising’ stance against employees

Anna Fazackerley

27, Nov, 2022 @8:00 AM

The Guardian view on college strikes: a 2.5% pay rise isn’t enough | Editorial

Editorial: Cancelled lessons are an unhappy prospect, but further education teachers have had a raw deal for years

Editorial

20, Sep, 2022 @5:35 PM

Cambridge lecturers accuse university of ‘explosive workloads’

Staff complain of low pay amid pressure to deliver institution’s famous one-on-one tutorials

Rachel Hall

28, Feb, 2022 @2:27 PM

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

Richard Adams Education editor

16, Nov, 2021 @5:51 PM

UK universities’ tuition income rises by a third, outpacing staff pay

Staff ‘will be sickened’ by £21.5bn takings while salaries of lecturers rose by just 10%, says union leader

Rachel Hall

30, Jun, 2021 @5:59 PM

Covid-19 shows up UK universities' shameful employment practices | Stefan Collini

Instead of supporting the 54% of staff on insecure contracts, many managers are using the pandemic to sack them

Stefan Collini

28, Apr, 2020 @6:30 AM

Manchester University braced for losses of more than £270m

Vice-chancellor warns of possible pay cuts and job losses in wake of coronavirus pandemic

David Batty

25, Apr, 2020 @9:52 AM

Hundreds of university staff to be made redundant due to coronavirus

Lecturers, researchers and support staff with insecure contracts at three universities have lost their jobs

David Batty

02, Apr, 2020 @8:02 AM

'It can't go on': students join lecturers on the picket line

Students in Manchester express solidarity with ‘overworked, underpaid’ staff

Lucy Campbell

20, Feb, 2020 @7:27 PM

Thousands of university workers strike across UK

Academic and support staff take action over pay, pensions and working conditions

Sally Weale and Laith Al-Khalaf

20, Feb, 2020 @1:33 PM

UK academics must stand up to stop universities becoming sweatshops | Steven Jones

Employment practices akin to dubious fashion outlets mean qualified professionals are used as poorly paid casual labour

Steven Jones

28, Jan, 2020 @6:45 AM

Thousands of UK academics 'treated as second-class citizens'

Report claims higher education institutions have created pool of low-paid staff for teaching and research