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7 September 2020
UCU has said it had no confidence in the 'needlessly cautious' approach taken by the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) in its valuation of the pension scheme.…
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4 September 2020
UCU said the government needed to listen the findings in the report on Covid in higher education published by its Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).…
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4 September 2020
Universities must not become the care homes of a Covid second wave This weekend, UCU warned that the mass migration of over a million students at the start of the…
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3 September 2020
Commenting on guidance released by the Scottish government regarding the reopening university campuses, UCU Scotland said remote learning and working had to be…
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29 August 2020
Universities must scrap plans to reopen campuses next month in order to prevent a major public health crisis, said UCU today. The union fears that the migration…
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28 August 2020
Scapegoats, U-turns, dithering and confusion reign in Westminster It's been another week of scapegoating, dithering and U-turns from the Westminster government.…
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25 August 2020
Staff and students must wear face coverings when indoors on university premises, and every possible safety precaution must be in place before the academic year…
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21 August 2020
A-level results chaos This week has been a grade-A government fiasco . It began with A-level students facing complete chaos . Last week they had received grades…
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20 August 2020
UCU welcomed the action taken by government to support young people into their first choice university but raised concerns about the likely severe knock-on impact…
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20 August 2020
Reacting to this year's GCSE results and the postponement of BTEC grades, UCU said that the chaos has harmed students, and that we now need to see a big increase…
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