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The University & Colleges Union flag flies in front of Parliament. Photo: Simarchy / CC BY-ND 2.0

Universities in crisis: why we need a national fightback

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Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) Strikes

Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) Strikes: A letter to my classmates

Steven McWilliam

Across Europe… We say wages not weapons – Counterfire freesheet June 2026

UCU rally. Photo: Steve Eason / Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0

Future Goldsmiths: Stepping up resistance against restructures

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The University and College Union (UCU) pickets at Northumbria University being entertained 18 Feb 2026. Photo: Graham Kirkwood

No cuts to pay – No cuts to pensions

Graham Kirkwood

Striking lecturers and students at the Edinburgh UCU rally. Photo: Jamal Elaheebocus

Edinburgh UCU strike gains traction

Jamal Elaheebocus

UCU Members in Edinburgh. Photo: Magnus Hagdorn / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0

Higher Education workers fight back against cuts

Jamal Elaheebocus

This is how we defeat fascists – Counterfire freesheet November 2025

UCU balloon | Photo: It’s No Game – Flickr | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Can the pay ballots turn the tide on the jobs cull in our universities?

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The UCU today celebrated as it beat back the threat of compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University / X: UCU

Newcastle shows the way forward for university resistance

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Newcastle University UCU branch chair Matt Perry addressing the strike rally / Photo: Counterfire

Newcastle University is striking for the future of higher education

View from the tower of Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge. Source: Douglas Pfeiffer Cardoso – Flickr / cropped from original / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Universities failed by government cuts and management greed

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