Cardiff University confirms proposals to cut 400 academic jobs – 7% of its total workforce – in an effort to secure long-term future.
Education
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The higher education sector has endured a raft of people-related challenges in recent years, from strikes to budget pressures. Universities...
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Ministers have written to pay review bodies recommending a pay rise of 2.8% for public sector workers, prompting anger from unions.
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National Education Union (NEU) members overwhelmingly vote to accept the government's 5.5% wage increase offer for teachers in England.
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Recruitment and retention in higher-paid public sector jobs is suffering due to 15-year real-terms pay cut, according to think tank.
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We provide details of where and when strikes are happening, and the latest on strike ballots and results.
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Marking and lesson planning are two of the tasks that teachers could carry out away from their usual workplace under the plans.
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School agrees to pay £850k to teacher with autism, dismissed after serial complaints
by Rob Mossby Rob MossTeacher with autism who repeatedly raised grievances to receive £850k after tribunal finds he was discriminated against and victimised.
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Only a third of black academics in the UK believe their workplace is inclusive, according to a new report on early careers in academia.
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Local government staff in England and Wales are voting on whether to take strike action over pay in a six-week balloting process.
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Teacher who called pupils ‘chattering monkeys’ loses dismissal claim
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherA teacher who was sacked after describing her pupils as ‘chattering monkeys’ has lost a claim for unfair dismissal against her former school.
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Former head sent a trainee who was in her first year of teaching at a junior school in King’s Lynn, Norfolk countless messages from the school’s social media accounts.
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The government’s decision to repeal the Strikes Act 2023 has gained widespread support from unions and trade bodies.
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The chancellor has confirmed that millions of public sector workers will get a pay rise this year, following the recommendations of independent pay review bodies.
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Public sector workers could be in line for above-inflation pay rises of 5.5%.