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7 September 2010
UCU today said the government and Lord Browne needed urgent reality checks over student funding. A survey from the National Union of Students (NUS) released this…
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7 September 2010
A report released today by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveals that the UK went from having the third highest graduation rate…
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6 September 2010
UCU today warned the government against rushing ahead with populist policies on immigration that could damage the UK's proud international reputation for education…
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24 August 2010
UCU today warned that a qualifications 'domino effect' could leave GCSE students without a place at college this year. The union said a lack of both university…
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23 August 2010
Seventy-one investment staff at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) shared bonus payments of £2.89m in the year to the end of March 2010. The USS board…
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19 August 2010
The University of Reading is under pressure to withdraw plans for compulsory redundancies in its Film, Theatre and Television department. This follows revelations…
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19 August 2010
Union says minister's advice to students to lower their university ambitions makes a mockery of Nick Clegg's social mobility pledge. The universities minister,…
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18 August 2010
UCU said today that it was a tragedy that 2010 would be remembered as the year when record numbers of qualified students - encouraged throughout their academic…
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18 August 2010
UCU today said that university staff deserved praise for the continuing high levels of satisfaction amongst students. The National Student Survey (NSS) of 250,000…
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13 August 2010
UCU today warned against further increases to the cost of a university degree after a new survey revealed that student debt is already approaching £25,000. The…
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