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4 December 2006
Groundbreaking new legal duties introduced today in England, Scotland and Wales could greatly improve the prospects of disabled people working or hoping to work…
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30 November 2006
UCU has today responded to comments by prime minister Tony Blair on plans for more academies and greater access to the International baccalaureate, UCU joint general…
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30 November 2006
UCU has added its backing to an emergency fund for Iraqi academics. The fund, launched by the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA), will lobby the UK…
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29 November 2006
UCU said today that for widening participation to really succeed potential students must have access to the courses they want to study and not be stopped, or put…
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29 November 2006
UCU today welcomed the decision by Oxford University academics to reject proposals to hand control of the university's affairs to an outside body. UCU joint general…
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28 November 2006
UCU today said that staff and universities must be properly resourced if the UK is to be able to maintain its position as a global leader. Responding to the 'Higher…
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27 November 2006
UCU believes staff governors in further education colleges can play a positive role in helping to maintain high quality courses. This message will be heard today…
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23 November 2006
Today's Times Higher Education Supplement has reported that the education secretary, Alan Johnson, has written to the Higher Education Funding Council for England…
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23 November 2006
UCU has expressed serious misgivings about territorial ambitions of Newcastle College (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) after Skelmersdale College's announcement yesterday…
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22 November 2006
UCU today told education secretary Alan Johnson that although his compliments about college lecturers were appreciated, the government needs to stop ignoring the…
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