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Under the new legislation, new freedom of speech and academic duties would be placed on universities and, for the first time, on student unions. Individuals would be granted a right to seek compensation through the courts if the freedom of speech duties of an institution or student union had been breached.

Union members will vote next week on whether to accept the proposal from Universities UK

Under the proposed agreement, the current defined benefit pension scheme will remain until at least April 2019

Leaked documents suggest that several colleges shared the University’s position on risk in the scheme

A provisional agreement was made yesterday between the head negotiators of either side, but has now been rejected after pressure from UCU members

An agreement has now been provisionally made, with strike action expected to end on Wednesday

Her lack of support had prompted the creation of the #JeezLouise hashtag

Colleges were counted as individual institutions in the pension policy survey, allegedly giving them disproportionate influence

Oxford SU encouraged students not to use departmental facilities, though college teaching will not be affected