Workplace disputes must be handled better and faster Universities must follow best practice in bullying and other personnel complaints, says an academic who has been through the process 17 July
Swansea staff accused of being stuck in the 1960s Dean Nigel Piercy is accused of ‘undermining’ academics’ confidence with his outspoken view By Paul Jump 10 July
King’s updates at-risk staff via external forum Use of comments section of 色盒直播’s website to apprise staff of revised redundancy plans defended By Jack Grove 10 July
Salaries of high-earning professors may be disclosed ICO rules that there is ‘public interest in transparency and openness’ in case involving King’s College London By Jack Grove 10 July
Young academics ‘will be 30 per cent worse off in retirement’ Young academics will be 30 per cent worse off in retirement than their older colleagues, a new study suggests. By George Ryan 6 July
Southampton Solent University settles over pay dispute Part-time lecturer settles out of court over claims that he was paid a lower rate compared with full-time colleagues By Holly Else 3 July
Sheffield union questions pay-review process for professors Union claims that meetings to assess pay rises spend less than a minute per professor on average By Jack Grove 26 June
King’s staff vote for strike action over job cuts Staff at King’s College London are set to take industrial action over planned redundancies in three health schools By Holly Else 25 June
OU staff express anger over centre closure Open letter over plan to shut East Grinstead regional centre and review others By Chris Parr 19 June
Late shift proposed to beat squeeze on teaching space Exeter staff bristle at proposed change to teaching timetable to include 9pm finish By Jack Grove 12 June
Stark disparity in paternity pay, says UCU Packages vary widely with 10 universities offering new fathers only two weeks’ statutory pay By Jack Grove 5 June
Queen’s University Belfast’s ‘Vision’ draws UCU alarm Union warns of negative consequences of ‘radical’ budgetary oversight and professorial pay reforms sent to Senate By David Matthews 5 June
London Met 'plague' email was only 'banter' No victimisation, tribunal rules, in Unison official’s case against the university By John Morgan 5 June
Strike ballot at King’s College London over proposed job cuts Up to 120 positions to be lost across three health schools By Holly Else 5 June
Race equality plan signs up universities Thirty universities have joined the national trial of a new race equality initiative. By Holly Else 31 May
UCU chief: ‘without surgery, I would have died’ Sally Hunt praises the NHS as she reveals the reason behind her six months off work By Jack Grove 29 May
Unions chide Edinburgh Napier over zero-hours job adverts Criticism follows latest vacancies for controversial contracts By Chris Parr 29 May
UCU considers vote of no confidence for Surrey v-c Lecturers ‘at mercy of students’ after introduction of anonymous teaching evaluation method By Jack Grove 29 May
Employment disputes cost sector ?19m over four years Settlements and legal fees are high compared with other sectors, says lawyer By Paul Jump 29 May
How not to treat a guest speaker Tim Birkhead offers hosts a 10-step guide on how not to behave 29 May
A very Stalinist management model Craig Brandist on the parallels between Stalin’s Russia and the operation of today’s universities 29 May
Arts for art’s sake – but what about a career? Emily Howard had an English degree and great expectations. Now jobless, she wonders if prospective students are given the whole truth 22 May
Is it the end for USS final salary pensions? Proposal to shift all active members to career average system to tackle ?13 billion deficit By Jack Grove 22 May
Who says innovators have to be young? Academics hit their creative peak in their fifties. Amanda Goodall and John Montgomery say universities must adapt 22 May
Junior academics at Soas refuse to mark assignments Contract lecturers down tools in protest over pay ‘that does not reflect hours worked’ By Holly Else 15 May
Oxford staff rally over employment rights review UCU branch ‘strongly opposes’ changing scope of statute By Holly Else 15 May
Repay ‘unlawful’ strike deductions, says UCU Union threatens action over subtraction of a day’s pay for a two-hour walkout By Jack Grove 15 May
After the pay deal, UCU fights on An assessment boycott has been dropped, but fair pay is still a long way off, says general secretary Sally Hunt 15 May
Unanimous UCU branch vote to accept pay deal Marking boycott called off as 2 per cent offer accepted By Jack Grove 8 May
Female professors less likely to have children Australian survey suggests women pay a higher career penalty when they become parents By Jack Grove 8 May
Former lecturer at Imperial College London wins compensation for unfair dismissal But tribunal cuts scientist’s payout by 20 per cent to reflect ‘perverse’ attitude By Paul Jump 8 May
Huge inequality in maternity pay across sector Poor levels of financial support will ‘force women to return to work too quickly’ By Jack Grove 8 May
Athena SWAN review highlights scheme’s benefits The Athena SWAN charter does advance gender equality in university departments that sign up to it, according to an independent review of the scheme. By Holly Else 2 May
UCU marking boycott called off The University and College Union has officially called off its marking boycott after members voted to accept a new pay deal from employers By Simon Baker 1 May
Meetings: counting the minutes Hate meetings? You need them more than you think, says Sally Feldman 1 May
Male university workers win equal pay claim Eighteen men have won an equal pay award against a Welsh university after claiming they had been paid less than their female colleagues. By David Matthews 24 April
Huge variation in graduate teaching assistants’ pay Survey finds earnings fluctuate by department and wages fail to reflect hours worked By Holly Else 24 April
‘Hard core’ UCU activists urge staff to reject 2% pay offer Marking boycott suspended as union warns accepting deal would represent a ‘damaging defeat’ By Jack Grove 24 April
Cardiff Met criticised by UCU over ‘bizarre’ contract terms Cardiff Metropolitan University has been criticised for imposing “bizarre” new contract terms on its professors. By Jack Grove 21 April
Berkeley’s Wikipedian helps unlock scholarly silos California institution is first university to hire its own online encyclopedia editor in residence By Chris Parr 17 April
Our benchmark for best practice? Ourselves Universities can improve their procedures by studying themselves instead of others, says Stephen Yorkstone 17 April
With assessment boycott, unions are fighting the last war It’s misguided to think the tactic used in 2006 will succeed in today’s altered environment, says Paul Curran 17 April
No winner in conflict that led to researcher’s dismissal Imperial College London ‘acted reasonably’ in sacking of geneticist who was harassed by Philippe Froguel By Paul Jump 17 April
UCU postpones marking boycott after new pay offer The University and College Union has agreed to postpone its planned boycott of marking after employers made a 2 per cent pay offer for next year. By Simon Baker 16 April
Dundee job cuts plan prompts hundreds to sign petition Around 900 people have signed a petition calling for the University of Dundee to stop “unnecessary job cuts” at the institution By Chris Parr 12 April
Universities ‘threatening to dock pay’ over boycott Lecturers who take part in a proposed marking boycott later this month could have 100 per cent of their pay docked, universities have warned. By Chris Parr 11 April
Universities refuse UCU request for pay minutes Four-fifths of institutions fail to release details on how v-c salary was set By Jack Grove 11 April
Teutonic tutors slide down ‘income pyramid’ Decline in German professors’ pay over a century By Matthew Reisz 10 April
US academics rally to union standard As lecturers in the UK prepare for the UCU’s marking boycott, US campuses are experiencing a surge of unionisation By Jon Marcus 10 April
Race discrimination in universities still a problem, reports survey Nearly 60 per cent of black and minority ethnic higher education staff and students questioned for a survey feel they have been discriminated against By Chris Parr 6 April
Let’s discuss the way we live now Good communication is vital when dealing with allegations of harassment, says Luke Brunning By Luke Brunning 3 April
UUK review to look at nine-month contracts Efficiency task forces told to seek savings in radical changes to practices By Jack Grove 3 April
Times Higher Education pay survey 2014 What’s behind the big rises for vice-chancellors? Plus, academic pay across the UK By Jack Grove 3 April
Marking boycott is an unconscionable sanction Many lecturers will not even consider the ‘nuclear option’ of boycotting marking in the pay dispute, says Bill Ashraf 3 April
?133,000 paid to v-c on abrupt exit Canterbury Christ Church University declines to disclose reasons for departure to Robin Baker upon ‘loss of office’ By Jack Grove 27 March
Former Queen Mary lecturer’s unfair dismissal claim rejected Tribunal rules that academic’s post was genuinely redundant By Paul Jump 27 March
Marking boycott plea by Dundee students Letters asks UCU and Ucea to resolve differences By David Matthews 25 March