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24 October 2020
UCU hopes legal action will help prevent third Covid wave in January.
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22 October 2020
A new support package of over £10 million for university students has been announced by the Welsh government. The money will be used to support students through…
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20 October 2020
UCU Scotland has today commented on the release of the Scottish Funding's Council's first phase review of coherent provision and sustainability of further and higher…
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20 October 2020
Staff at Heriot-Watt University have today backed strikes in a dispute over plans to axe 130 jobs. In the ballot of UCU Scotland members, 77% of those who voted…
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16 October 2020
UCU said all colleges must follow Preston College's lead and close down for a two week 'circuit breaker' over half term. Preston College emailed staff to say only…
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16 October 2020
UCU has launched a petition demanding the UK government move learning online at universities immediately, as the total number of reported Covid-19 cases on campus…
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16 October 2020
The University of Central Lancashire is threatening to sack up to 69 staff. The university wrote to UCU to say staff would face the axe by March 2021. The university…
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15 October 2020
UCU said that plans to lockdown students in English universities for two weeks before Christmas were unworkable and that the government needed to move all possible…
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13 October 2020
The level of the Covid-19 crisis on campuses is a direct result of the Westminster government ignoring expert advice and deciding to put the health of university…
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12 October 2020
UCU said the prime minister was wrong to declare that universities will stay open under new local restrictions. The union said institutions across the UK need to…
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