Education

Employers are gearing up for a potentially disruptive week as around half a million workers prepare to strike on Wednesday 1 February.

Prime minister Rishi Sunak is considering plans to allow foreign students at UK universities to work more hours as he searches for ways to increase the labour pool.

University unions have rejected a final offer from the sector’s employer body, saying it ‘falls well short’ of what they are demanding.

Plans to sharply reduce UK immigration by changing graduate visa rules have been criticised by education and business figures.
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Trade unions are set to work with a leading cancer expert to study the exposure of women in their late-40s...

National Education Union members will strike after 90.4% vote in favour, meaning thousands of schools will close their doors.

The University and College Union (UCU) has announced that its members will strike for 18 days in February and March...

Turnout in the ballot was only 42%, less than the 50% required for lawful strike action.

Employment lawyer Martin Williams examines the Strikes Bill's minimum service levels, the legislative answer to growing industrial action.

The University of Oxford's new vice-chancellor plans to commission an independent review of pay, pensions and working conditions.

TUC's new general secretary calls for urgent meeting with Rishi Sunak in bid to allow ministers to open pay negotiations with unions.

The development of specifically defined ‘essential skills’ among young people is key to ensuring they fully take their place in, and can shape, today's stressed labour market.

The University of Portsmouth racially discriminated against an when it failed to reappoint her to a lecturing role she had carried out for several years.

For the first time, less than half of graduate employers are stipulating graduates should have a 2:1 degree for their roles, research has found.

Rishi Sunak has set up a dedicated unit within government to respond to the wave of strikes taking place across the public sector.