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Staff get ‘improved’ offer as strike vote ends

Lambeth College staff who went on a five-week strike just before the summer holiday and are considering further industrial action have been presented with “improved” offers over controversial contract changes. University and College Union (UCU) members walked out indefinitely on June 3 in a dispute over new staff contracts introduced on April 1, which the […]

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Lambeth College staff vote on new strike – days before talks begin

Staff at Lambeth College who went on a five-week strike towards the end of last academic year will  be able to vote from Monday on whether to walk out again — a week before scheduled talks. University and College Union (UCU) members walked out indefinitely on June 3 in a dispute over new staff contracts. […]

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Striking Lambeth College staff return to work just days before holiday

Lambeth College staff who have been on strike since June 3 over new contracts went back to work today — just two days before the summer break. The move, which means workers will be entitled to full holiday pay having returned to work before the end of the college year, comes after three days of […]

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UCU and Lambeth College to come back to the table as strike continues

Representative members from University and College Union (UCU)  and Lambeth College leadership are due to return to the negotiating table as the fourth week of an indefinite strike over staff contracts draws to a close. Union officials and Lambeth College met on Friday to try to bring an end to the stand-off over contracts which unions say […]

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Union strike bill nears £200k

The cost of an ongoing strike at Lambeth College over new contracts for staff is nearing the £200,000-mark for the cash-strapped University and College Union, while learners brace themselves for a possible fifth week of disruption. Teachers and lecturers on the picket line have been getting £50 a-day from the UCU, which has said up […]

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Union calls national ‘day of action’ in support of staff on indefinite strike at Lambeth College

The University and College Union (UCU) has called a national “day of action” tomorrow in support of staff in their fourth week of a strike at Lambeth College. The UCU has asked members working at colleges and universities across the country to help increase awareness of the indefinite industrial action launched on June 3. They […]

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Opposing sides of the Lambeth College strike have their say

Educators are unlikely militants. Most FE teachers I have met would do anything rather than let down their learners. So what has brought us to the position where Lambeth College teachers are into their third week of indefinite strike action? Our members are committed professionals, but they are not pushovers. The college has imposed an […]

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Learners’ uni hopes hit by strike

Desperate learners at Lambeth College have called on union leaders and college bosses to get back around the negotiating table amid fears an increasingly bitter strike is putting university futures at risk. Members of the University and College Union (UCU) started their indefinite industrial action on Tuesday, June 3, over contracts which offer less annual […]

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Pilot for 16 to 19s after Career College blow

A London college is to launch its own pilot Career College after failing to make the cut for the first round of the new Lord Baker-inspired 14 to 19 institutions. When the former Conservative Education Secretary proposed Career Colleges in October, general FE colleges in Oldham, Oxford, Lambeth and Bromley were said to have expressed […]

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