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Public policy

UCU policy and research on government and other public policy agendas.

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The second REF

UCU will be responding to the consultation on the second REF. This briefing requests feedback on some of the main recommendations in the consultation document.

Higher Education and Research Bill

UCU briefings on the 2017 Higher Education and Research Bill

Higher education white paper 2016

Ahead of the Queen's speech on 18 May 2016, the government published a white paper setting out its plans for higher education in the coming years.

Teaching excellence, social mobility & student choice

UCU responds to the BIS consultation on teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice.

2015 spending review and autumn statement

UCU briefing on the 2015 spending review announcements on 25 November 2015.

Higher education green paper

UCU looks at the government's 2015 higher education green paper.

Area reviews of post-16 provision in England

Briefing document on the government's 2015 review of FE provision on England, and how branches should seek to engage with their management on the issue.

Trade union bill

The trade union bill received Royal Assent on 4 May 2016 and is now an Act of Parliament.

The case for a business education tax

UCU's Business Education Tax (BET), first launched in 2009, is the first coherent attempt at making business pay its way for the numerous benefits it gets from UK higher education.

Seeing the bigger picture: The future of UK research and development

A UCU policy statement on research policy and funding.

Chancellor's red budget box

Budget 2014

Looking at the implications for UCU members of the coalition's March 2014 budget.

The private providers' 'designation' bonanza

Since 2009/10, the year the coalition came in, grants and student loans to 'alternative providers' had risen more than tenfold from £22 million to £269 million. Our campaign briefing looks at the implications.

The future of vocational education

Bringing together all the strands of existing policy on vocational education.

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Engaging young people not in education, employment or training

Greater attention needs to be paid to the role of employers and other agencies to the development needs of young people.

UCU Scotland policy

UCU Scotland actively helps to shape all aspects of Scottish higher education.

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