October 2012

• Government has underestimated public cost of university fees, says report
  25 October 2012

  The government has underestimated the cost to the public purse of its controversial changes to university funding, warns a report released today.
• Regulation needed to stem influx of private equity firms in education
  25 October 2012

  The UK risks becoming embroiled in serious financial scandals if private equity firms 'circling education' are not proper regulated, warns a report released today.
• Newcastle College Group CEO to step down
  24 October 2012

  UCU has welcomed the announcement that the CEO of Newcastle College Group (NCG), Jackie Fisher, is to step down in the summer.
• New professional body for further education must involve staff at every step
  23 October 2012

  FE Guild with no compulsory membership or fees approved as final Lingfield report on professionalism in further education launched
• Financial problems to blame for low number of British postgraduate students, says report
  23 October 2012

  Better financial support for graduates considering further study is required if Britain is to improve its comparatively low numbers of postgraduate students, says a report released today.
• Education key to prison rehabilitation, says UCU
  22 October 2012

  UCU said today that a more thoughtful approach to criminal justice was required if laudable aims to rehabilitate offenders are to be achieved.
• General secretary tells TUC's rally government policy spreads ignorance not privilege
  20 October 2012

  The general secretary of UCU, Sally Hunt, today told marchers on the TUC-organised anti-austerity demo that government policies on education are spreading ignorance not privilege.
• Milburn access report response
  18 October 2012

  UCU has responded to Alan Milburn's university access report published today.
• Strike at University of East London in workload row
  16 October 2012

  Members of UCU at the University of East London (UEL) will take industrial action on Thursday (18 October) in a row over plans to increase staff workloads.
• UCU Cymru responds to VC's comments over Welsh higher education
  12 October 2012

  UCU Cymru has today responded to the comments made by Cardiff Metropolitan University (CMU) Vice Chancellor, Professor Antony Chapman, in today's edition of the Western Mail.