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The ultimate (updated 2026) guide to students’ rights over industrial action

23/09/26

North of 49: Ten minutes before the deadline

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|30/01/26

PhD students are getting organised over pay and conditions. Just not in the UK

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|30/08/24

Students or staff? A research postgraduate Bread and Roses

Ben Vulliamy|SU blog|13/10/23

SUs need to step up to both reduce disruption and support staff when there’s a strike

Dan Lonsdale|SU blog|04/10/23

Everything SUs need to know about industrial action in the sector

30/06/23

A ban on “ASOS” isn’t as good for students as you might think

Will Green|SU blog|17/02/23

It’s all coming up – 10 things for SUs think about in 2023

03/01/23

Here’s what SUs need to know about UCU’s action short of a strike

23/11/22

Here’s what SUs need to know about UCU’s industrial action

09/11/22

The ultimate guide to student rights when there’s industrial action

27/10/22

Nursing strikes and students

18/10/22

A beginner’s guide to academic workload modelling

01/07/22

Students calling for fee rebates over strikes is not anti-union

Niall Hignett|SU blog|02/06/22

Students and their unions need to back the marking boycotts

Niall Hignett|SU blog|05/05/22

Let’s stop pretending sabbs should be apolitical

Sophie Kelly|SU blog|18/02/22

Students are frustrated. We’re helping to amplify and channel that frustration

Matt Johnstone|SU blog|10/02/22

What happened to the health and wellbeing of staff during Covid?

29/10/21

All the press releases from the pensions and pay dispute(s)

18/10/21

Why could industrial action be coming to UK campuses in the coming year?

01/09/21

It looks like casualisation is a student interest issue

30/07/20

OIA: helping to minimise the impact of industrial action on students

Felicity Mitchell|SU blog|21/02/20

OfS: our role during the industrial action

Nicola Dandridge|SU blog|21/02/20

The Consumer Rights Act 2015 and Industrial Action

16/02/20

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