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An “End of Dispute” Message from Leicester UCU

Published: 3rd August, 2026

Leicester University and College Union (UCU) branch has been in dispute with the University of Leicester since 22 May 2025. We entered dispute because the Vice Chancellor, Nishan Canagarajah, and the Executive he leads refused our request “to rule out a programme of collective compulsory redundancies in the 2025-6 academic year”. Given this formal basis…