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Threat to slash entire wage of Magee College lecturers as Ulster University bosses crack down on planned boycott

Ulster University lecturers face being locked out of work next week after bosses threatened to dock their entire wage if they proceed with a marking and assessment boycott. Lecturers belonging to the University & College Union (UCU) have long been ...

20 May 2022 at 14:40

Northern Ireland

Queen’s University and academics’ union agree deal to end marking boycott

Queen’s University in Belfast has struck an agreement with an academics’ trade union to end a marking boycott that had left hundreds of students without a degree classification. The settlement between Queen’s and the University and College Union ...

28 Jun 2023 at 12:10

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Staff at further education colleges taking industrial action

The University and College Union (UCU) has announced staff at all six further education colleges are going on strike for five days. The industrial action will last for five days next week and continuously for the next three months in a ...

17 Sept 2023 at 10:45

Northern Ireland

Increased pay offer for further education lecturers

An increased pay offer has been made to further education lecturers in Northern Ireland. It comes after a previous offer of a 5% increase and a non-consolidated payment of £1,500 was condemned by the University and College Union (UCU) ...

11 Apr 2024 at 16:42

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Staff Voluntary Exit Scheme halted at Derry's NWRC

The Voluntary Exit Scheme which had been offered to staff at the North’s six further education colleges has been halted. The move follows discussions last week between Economy Minister Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin) and trade union ...

20 Feb 2024 at 17:45

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Further Education severance scheme branded 'irresponsible use of public money'

The row over the voluntary severance scheme (VSS) currently being rolled out across the Further Education (FE) sector is rumbling on. The University and College Union (UCU) has challenged the Economy Minister Conor Murphy’s ...

04 Mar 2024 at 16:59

Northern Ireland

Lecturers to end industrial action after accepting pay offer

Industrial action by further education lecturers in Northern Ireland is set to end after a new pay offer was accepted. The offer from the Department for the Economy includes an increase in starting salary from £24,496 to ...

17 Apr 2024 at 17:27

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Stop 'misguided' FE redundancies Minister urged

Economy Minister Conor Murphy (Sinn Fein) has been urged to "stop the misguided redundancy scheme" currently being rolled out across the North's six Further Education colleges. Trade unions representing staff in the ...

12 Feb 2024 at 13:00

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Minister urged to stop 'misguided' FE redundancies

Economy Minister Conor Murphy has been urged to intervene and stop the “misguided redundancy scheme" currently ongoing in the North's six further education colleges. Representatives of National Association of ...

15 Feb 2024 at 13:00

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'Bullying' claims at NWRC Derry

Management at Derry’s North West Regional College (NWRC) have been accused of “bullying and harassing” teaching staff in an attempt to “break” ongoing strike action. The claim, from a lecturer who contacted ...

02 Feb 2024 at 09:30

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Lecturers at Derry's NWRC on one day strike

Lecturers at Derry's North West Regional College have held a one day strike as part of their ongoing campaign of industrial action. Following an earlier week long strike, University and College Union (UCU) ...

12 Oct 2023 at 14:35

Northern Ireland

Hundreds of university students face graduating without final degree result

More than 750 students at Queen’s University Belfast face graduating without receiving their final degree result this summer. The situation has arisen because of ongoing industrial action by some ...

14 Jun 2023 at 17:23

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