2014
UCU news from 2014
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10 December 2014
Flexibility should be the key driver of apprenticeship reform, UCU told the Education Select Committee today. Giving evidence to the committee as part of its inquiry…
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8 December 2014
• Privately educated children more than twice as likely to want to go to university as college students • Boys are significantly less likely to want to go than…
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26 November 2014
The number of people starting an apprenticeship fell by 13.7% this year and the number of adult learners dropped by 10.7%, according to government figures released…
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20 October 2014
New report shows Britain is on the brink of becoming a permanently divided nation. Commenting on today's Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission's report that…
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17 October 2014
UCU and the National Union of Teachers express concerns about plans to house hundreds of young offenders in secure colleges, dubbed 'super prisons', in England.…
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23 September 2014
UCU today welcomed the emphasis that Labour leader Ed Miliband put on apprenticeships in his conference speech, but called on all political parties to go further…
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17 July 2014
National bursary scheme would simplify 'labyrinth' poorest students currently have to navigate • Further education colleges put universities to shame as they spend…
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24 June 2014
UCU has today responded to the statement on student visas made today by the immigration and security minister, James Brokenshire. UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt,…
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19 June 2014
UCU today raised concerns about the government's latest consultation which proposes to expand the scope of loans in further education UCU general secretary, Sally…
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29 May 2014
Scotland is lagging behind the other home nations when it comes to broadening the social make-up of universities campuses, says a report released today. from UCU…
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