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STEADFAST RESISTANCE: UCU members at Edinburgh University on a five-day walk-out in a dispute over plans to cut £140 million from the university budget, September 2025
Education / 19 June 2026
19 June 2026

Thousands of jobs are at risk across higher education, yet government funding appears only when universities can be linked to military objectives, says JO GRADY, in the run-up to the Stop the War International Conference this Saturday

Punch [Pic: Dan Burton]
Workers' Rights / 15 June 2026
15 June 2026
School children in a classroom
Exclusive / 9 June 2026
9 June 2026
UCU members at Edinburgh University take part in industrial action at the start of a planned five-day walk-out in a dispute over plans to cut £140m from the university budget, September 8, 2025
Workers' Rights / 14 May 2026
14 May 2026
Scotland / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026
Photo: Henry Fowler
Education / 30 April 2026
30 April 2026
School children in a classroom
STUC 2026 / 20 April 2026
20 April 2026
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar holds up a manifesto booklet during the launch of the party's manifesto for the upcoming Holyrood election, at the University of Edinburgh Hospitality and Events Collection in Edinburgh, April 13, 2026
Holyrood Elections / 19 April 2026
19 April 2026
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold a rally o
NEU Conference 2026 / 31 March 2026
31 March 2026
A general view of pupils sitting an exam at Lawrence Sheriff school Rugby, Warwickshire
NEU Conference 2026 / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026
A general view of a sign displaying a 'good' Ofsted rating outside St Luke's CE Primary School in Tower Hamlets, London, September 2, 2024
NEU Conference 2026 / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) on Piccadilly march to a rally in Trafalgar Square, central London, in a long-running dispute over pay, March 15, 2023
NEU Conference 2026 / 31 March 2026
31 March 2026

Years of austerity and political failure have left classrooms overcrowded and staff overstretched – now educators are organising across roles to demand change, says ED HARLOW

NEU
NEU Conference 2026 / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026

Austerity is breaking the education system. We must unite to save our schools and pay our teachers properly, says NEU national president ED HARLOW

School girls walking to school
Workers' Rights / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026
General view of the Job Centre Plus on Benalder St in Glasgow
Economy / 21 March 2026
21 March 2026

PHILIP ENGLISH says military spending will not create the jobs young people need — instead, build an economy based around needs, not profit