Trade unions representing staff at the University of Westminster have today (Tuesday) accused the institution of plucking figures from the air to try and justify a round of 'punishing and unnecessary' job cuts.

UCU Scotland criticised the Scottish government for slashing the numbers of new student teachers by over 1,500 (40%) this year. The union said the move would compromise the sustainability of teacher education departments.

UCU Scotland states that students would have their dreams of a university education shattered as an unprecedented increase in applications leads to a fight for places.

UCU said today (Monday) that thousands of students would have their dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts.

UCU today (Monday) warned that 15,000 jobs were at risk across higher education if punitive government funding cuts went ahead.

UCU today (Friday) slammed the University of Cumbria's decision to close its Ambleside campus.

Union calls for urgent talks to safeguard jobs and win back staff trust

UCU has called on the government to abandon plans for adult learning cuts after college leaders warned that hundreds of courses may face the axe

The University of Leeds has been hit with a formal challenge that accuses the institution of breaking key rules on how the university is regulated.

UCU today said planned cuts for higher education exposed the failings of the government's confused university funding policies.