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Deals end January strike threat at three colleges

Disputes settled in the north amid ramped up industrial action at large London college group

UCU Congress preview: Lecturers to vote on national strike ballot

Tackling ‘excessive’ principal pay and abolishing Ofsted also due to be debated

Sixth form college teachers add 4 more days of strike action

NEU says members ‘will not back down’ from pay dispute with government

Half of colleges set to strike abandon action

15 colleges still plan to hit the picket line next week

One college strike called off, but five more go ahead

‘To avoid further strike action, management at the other colleges need to look at Bury and see what can be achieved when bosses engage with us on pay’

UCU deal reached with university-backed college to increase pay but reduce teaching time

Strike action at cash-strapped Lambeth College has been cancelled after union members managed to negotiate a 3 per cent pay rise, additional leave and a reduction in teaching hours. Members of the University and College Union at the college have walked out for a total of 10 days since November in a long-running pay dispute, […]

Half of college strikes planned for this week called off

Half of the 10 strikes planned at colleges across the country this week have either been suspended or called off. The University and College Union told FE Week that Bridgwater and Taunton has settled its dispute ahead of action that was due to start tomorrow, joining New College Swindon, which on Friday announced it had […]

Strike dates announced for 16 colleges locked in pay disputes

Members of the University and College Union at 16 colleges will walk out for two days starting January 29, in an ongoing dispute over pay. The union has also written to the education secretary Damian Hinds urging the government to provide extra funding for staff who feel “undervalued and severely underpaid”. “UCU members are being […]

UCU members at six colleges set for two-day walk out

Members of the University and College Union at six colleges will walk out for two days next week, in the first wave of strikes this year over pay. At the same time, staff at a further 26 colleges are being balloted on possible action in the future. “Staff in FE colleges have seen their pay […]