The City College Birmingham demonstration and march through the city coincided with a day of UCU strike action at the college.  Members of staff unions were joined by students and the Grim Reaper representing cuts in further education.

BBC Midlands Today carried a news report on events at City College Birmingham.
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Picture from Wolverhampton College. Continue reading Staff and students united in Wolverhampton

Newcastle University trade unions collected signatures , held stalls around campus and were joined by the fantastic ‘No Cuts’ steel band!

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Photo: Dave Beale

North Warwickshire and Hinckley College held a Handshake Walk on the day of action:

“Organised jointly by UCU and UNISON at the college, we were pleased to invite colleagues and  learners to support us.  We were particularly gratified by the support of passers-by, who clearly understood the importance of education and training to kick-start the economy.”

Julia Wallis, secretary, UCU at North Warwickshire and Hinckley College

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College union campaign over course closures

College union UCU is continuing its campaign to stop cuts which will mean about 1,500 learners in the county will have no course to attend next year.  Worcester College of Technology is cutting £1.4 million from its budget because of a funding shortfall directed by the previous [...]

Post on events at Cardiff University from stlemur.blogspot.com:

Seven unions, one message: fight the cuts!

Education institutions across Britain took part in a multi-union Day of Action on the 21st, with lecturers and support staff rallying together in anticipation of savage ConDem cuts and education bosses’ callous “economizing”. UCU, Unite, Unison, GMB, EIS, ATL [...]

Report from Barking and Dagenham College:

“Our two hour action went off quite well. We had about 80 staff from UCU, GMB and Unison taking part altogether and we collected several hundred signatures from staff and students.”

Strode College staff unions were joined by students and had a very successful day raising awareness of the issues and recruiting new members. They gathered over 400 signatures.

Report from Duncan Cameron, UCU Branch Chair, Strode College:

“A really well supported Day of Action at Strode College in Somerset. UCU members stood alongside other staff and students to protest against government cuts to the FE sector with 400+ signing the petition. A positive and animated day of solidarity and raising awareness in difficult times.”

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Report in from Marie Morley, Bath UCU president:

‘We had a table on the Parade just outside the library.

I personally invited by email this morning the VC, Deputy VC, Pro-VC learning and teaching, Pro VC research and the University Secretary to sign the petition.  The VC was one of the first to do [...]