Association of University Teachers (Great Britain)

found: UC, 2006:cover (University and College Union; UCU) p. 1 (formed from the best of AUT and NATFHE)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 13 November 2018(Association of University Teachers; AUT; trade union and professional association that represented academic (teaching and research) and academic-related (librarians, IT professionals and senior administrators) staff at pre-1992 universities in the United Kingdom; origins lie in a society formed in 1909 at the Liverpool University for junior staff; similar groups were formed at other institutions; in December 1917, a new association for Assistant Lecturers from all Universities was formed with the name "The Association of University Lecturers", which implicitly excluded professors from membership; in June 1919, it was re-named the Association of University Teachers, and included professors; amalgamated with NATFHE (National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education) on 1 June 2006, and after a transitional year full operational unity was achieved in June 2007; the new union is called the University and College Union, UCU)