Yesterday, the Minister for Women and Equalities has laid before Parliament the EHRC’s updated draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations, which provides guidance on adhering to the Equality Act 2010. The updates are primarily intended to reflect a reintepretation of the Act adopted in last year’s Supreme Court ruling in For…
A major redundancy consultation is taking place at the London School of Economics & Political Science. These potential redundancies cut across campus and across many staff categories, and were recently reported in the Times Higher Education. Here is what we know so far. Early Concerns and procedural anomalies In March 2026, the unions began to…
The LSE UCU is sending £200 in support of strikes across Capital City College (CCC) in London, and stands in solidarity against strikes with colleagues at London Metropolitan University. Capital City College Strikes CCC is one of the 30 FE branches on strike as part of the nationally coordinated action over pay, workloads and national binding bargaining….
LSE UCU members approved a request to donate to branches carrying out strike action in response to cuts across Higher Education, at the 30 October 2025 branch meeting. The LSE UCU committee has now responded by sending £200 each to Leicester UCU and Sheffield UCU branches. We also invite LSE UCU members to support Coventry…
LSE SENIOR MANAGERS MUST STOP VIOLATING THEIR PROMISE Printable PDF WHAT’S HAPPENING? LSE managers claim an ‘informal verbal agreement’ with unions from the early 2000s justifies their ignoring employment protections in the Academic Annex when dismissing staff. This claim was rejected by Academic Board members and UCU, so they promised to stop. 🚨UCU has now learned that LSE…
The LSE UCU has passed six motions at its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM). Motion 1: Reclaiming School governance Calls for restoring democratic, transparent, and representative governance at LSE by reinstating staff and student seats on Council and protecting Academic Board oversight. Read the motion (PDF). Motion 2: Protecting job and academic freedom for Research…
