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10 December 2008
Responding to claims today that UCU has dropped a proposed boycott of Israeli academics, the union said there was never a boycott motion passed at its Congress…
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9 December 2008
Eleven colleges across the country could be brought to a standstill over their failure to award staff a pay deal agreed four years ago. UCU has announced that its…
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8 December 2008
A survey of 3,000 further education staff has found their stress levels exceed the averages for British workers on seven key measures. The survey, carried out by…
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8 December 2008
UCU said today that a review into the financial health of higher education was a missed opportunity to properly scrutinise the sector's finances. Commenting on…
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5 December 2008
UCU warned today that universities risked unnecessarily provoking serious industrial unrest in 2009 if they took up the employers' association invitation to opt…
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5 December 2008
UCU said today that the devolved bodies needed to work closer together to iron out complexities in higher education brought about by devolution. Responding to the…
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3 December 2008
UCU said today that further education should be at the heart of tackling the recession as people seek to refresh skills as they seek employment. However, the union…
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3 December 2008
UCU today urged Queen's University Belfast to reject a joint venture with the private education company INTO University Partnerships. The company has been rejected…
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3 December 2008
UCU today said the government's top priority had to be getting money to the 100,000 students still awaiting support payments nearly three months after they were…
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3 December 2008
Staff at a host of universities and further education colleges will be able to check their rights at legal surgeries across the UK today as part of a day of action…
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