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6 October 2009
Members of staff at Birmingham Metropolitan College have been told they will be sent home if they do not follow the college's strict new dress code. UCU has criticised…
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6 October 2009
Ahead of David Willett's Conservative Party conference speech, poll shows Tory voters split over tax breaks The majority of British people (56%) wants private schools…
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4 October 2009
UCU has responding to an announcement from the Conservative Party that it would fund an additional 10,000 university places through early repayment bonuses. UCU…
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1 October 2009
UCU today (Thursday) condemned the University of Reading after it announced that it would be withdrawing its free counselling service for staff, at the same time…
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1 October 2009
UCU today said that any review of quality and standards in higher education must involve direct input from staff. Responding to a new report by the Higher Education…
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30 September 2009
Responding to today's report by Professor David Coggon in to suspected radiation and mercury exposure at the University of Manchester's Rutherford building, UCU…
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28 September 2009
UCU today called off strike action at Askham Bryan College planned for tomorrow (Tuesday). The college has committed to talks with the union, through the arbitration…
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28 September 2009
UCU today said warm words from Lord Mandelson on higher education were not good enough. The union said that although Lord Mandelson hinted that students had to…
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26 September 2009
On the eve of the Labour Party conference a new poll reveals that the 'top-up fees generation' are overwhelmingly opposed to any increase in university fees. The…
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26 September 2009
Members of UCU will be supporting a march and rally at the Labour Party conference tomorrow that will call for jobs, education and peace. The union is laying on…
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