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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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25 September 2009
Five further education colleges across the country will be brought to a standstill on Tuesday in a row over their failure to honour a pay deal agreed over five…
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25 September 2009
Members of UCU have returned to work at Tower Hamlets College after hammering out an agreement to avoid compulsory redundancies during 18 hours of talks at the…
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24 September 2009
UCU Scotland criticised the Scottish government for imposing a ridiculous hire and fire regime in teacher training in Scotland. The union said the decision to slash…
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24 September 2009
UCU today said that using vouchers as a way of funding universities will lead to a two-tier higher education system. The warning comes as a timely report from the…
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24 September 2009
UCU said today that while there was much to be celebrated in UK higher education, there were also serious problems that could not be overlooked. Responding to a…
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23 September 2009
Staff at the University of Sheffield have been told to clean their own areas and consider pooling bins after cutbacks on cleaning staff. UCU has criticised the…
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23 September 2009
UCU has warned that new guidelines on research funding are a threat to academic freedom and risk heavily restricting universities' chances of making significant…
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21 September 2009
UCU today (Monday) said that the Liberal Democrats' infighting over university tuition fees was further proof that political leaders were out of touch on the fees…
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