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UWS lecturers end strikes after no compulsory redundancy 'guarantee' The EIS union says it has secured a deal meaning no compulsory redundances for academic staff.

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Glasgow Colleges EIS FELA fundraiser for Gaza has raised £715!

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'Dire' straits Scottish colleges used charity money to pay for severance schemes Scottish colleges have used charitable funds intended for service and staff improvements to fund severance schemes.

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We Can Make an Impact. Fund Our Future: Stop Cuts to Further Education (Scotland)

Fund the Future of FE! Stop the cuts!

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Come to the EIS FELA fundraiser for Gaza Friday 24 October 7pm

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EIS FELA Glasgow Colleges for Gaza Friday 24 October Fundraiser at Sharkeys Bar £5 entry at the door. All proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)

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Our college lost our work, cancelled the course and now we are left with nothing Furious students at a Clydebank college have been left with nothing to show for a year's work after the college scrubbed their course and an IT…

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2550661...

This hurts my soul - my heart axtuslly ached reading this, thinking of the future generations of knowledge that will never be, of students unable to specialise in languages, pursue music, read Latin, take up English literature, become an Art critic, write history. This is how cultures wither & die.

Edinburgh University staff begin five-day strike Members of the University and College Union are due to be on picket lines until Friday.

Edinburgh University staff begin five-day strike - BBC News share.google/2glr4Su4TGnN...

We Can Make an Impact. Save Forth Valley College's Alloa Campus

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Further Education is the beating heart of our communities. Colleges like ours are not just buildings – they’re community anchors, skills engines, and lifelines. And they are being dismantled.

We Can Make an Impact. Save Forth Valley College's Alloa Campus

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Further Education is the beating heart of our communities. Colleges like ours are not just buildings – they’re community anchors, skills engines, and lifelines. And they are being dismantled.

Scottish university announces up to 70 jobs set to be axed in bid to save money STAFF at Edinburgh Napier University have been warned that due to cost-cutting measures up to 70 jobs could be axed ...

www.thenational.scot/news/2542829...

STUC statement to Falkirk council on permission given to far right march on refugee hotel

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Rejected Dundee University recovery plan included more job cuts - BBC News The cash-strapped institution had suggested a further 220 voluntary redundancies and 170 compulsory redundancies.

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The third megapicket at Village Hotels in Glasgow will be joined by Jeremy Corbyn as a guest speaker alongside the striking workers on the picket line.

Be there from 4:30pm on Friday 22nd August Village Hotel in Govan.

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Trump's Anti-Science Agenda Is Massively Hampering His Plans for AI, Experts Warn Trump's own policy proposal to boost AI is threatened because of the impact from his cuts to research.

When the billionaire technofascists in charge believe their own bullshit re "AI autonomously being able to do science" and replacing researchers, this mess is what you get.
They've always been anti-intellectual ignoramuses, but 2025 has really underscored that.

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Former Dundee University principal says he was 'incompetent' Prof Iain Gillespie, former principal of the University of Dundee, is accused of creating a financial crisis and walking away.

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When challenged on whether he was corrupt or incompetent, he chose incompetent

Wendy Alexander 'was asked to leave' Dundee uni role claim over finance questions The former MSP, who was the university's vice principal international, said it followed her "uncomfortable" questions over its finances.

Wendy Alexander 'was asked to leave' Dundee uni role claim over finance questions - BBC News share.google/r0HpJqIxK5MP...

Pass the Employment Rights Bill – in full, without delay The biggest upgrade in workers’ rights in a generation is within reach. But Tory peers and big business want to water it down. Add your name now to demand the House of Lords passes the Employment Righ...

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UHI Perth principal revealed £1m debts in failed business just days before resignation The business, owned by UHI Perth, collapsed into administration last month, with the loss of 28 jobs.

UHI Perth Peel revealed £1m debts in failed business just days before resignation
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Investigation into dubious payments at South Lanarkshire College
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www.heraldscotland.com/news/2516864...

Lecturers at University of the West of Scotland move closer to strike vote - BBC News Unions at University of the West of Scotland are seeking a no compulsory redundancy guarantee

UWS lecturers move closer to strike
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Fat cat Scots uni boss who expensed £37k luxury travel faces no confidence vote The Sunday Mail revealed the University of the West of Scotland's Professor James Miller claimed £37,429 in travelling expenses over the last two years visiting exotic locations.

Boss of cash-strapped Scots uni who expensed £37k luxury travel faces no confidence vote
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...

YouTube video by EISunion EIS Equality Officer Selma Augestad on BBC Radio Scotland

EIS Equality Officer Selma Augestad on BBC Radio Scotland, 28/04/25, "All young people have the right to learn & teachers & lecturers have the right to work in an educational environment that's free from discrimination and where the rights of all are equally upheld."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX3K...

Zara Dinnen | A Sector in Freefall The Queen Mary University of London branch of the University and College Union, of which I am co-chair, hosts a webpage...

A sector in freefall
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...

Dundee University fails to submit accounts on time Dundee University has failed to submit its annual accounts with the Scottish charity regulator, who have marked them overdue.

Dundee Uni's charitable status at risk after failing to submit accounts on time
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Edinburgh University told staff it had bought valuable property amid funding crisis...then denied it Unions have called for urgent clarity from Edinburgh university after it published an “incorrect” memo that said it had purchased an iconic A-listed office block while it was laying off staff.

theferret.scot/edinburgh-un...

Senior staff are incentived to view buildings as "assets" and staff as "costs"