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21 September 2009
UCU today (Monday) said a CBI report might call for new thinking with regards to HE funding, but merely lists a number of ways to make UK students pick up the bill…
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18 September 2009
UCU has warned Doncaster College that it could face industrial action if it goes ahead with controversial plans for swingeing job cuts. More than 600 jobs are at…
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18 September 2009
UNISON, NUS and UCU have today launched a joint union campaign to stop nursery closures in universities and colleges across the UK. The unions are challenging the…
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17 September 2009
UCU Scotland welcomed the increase in the Scottish budget for universities with the government realising the importance of higher education in a recession. The…
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16 September 2009
TUC Congress today (Wednesday) backed calls from UCU for the European Union to refuse to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia. UCU general secretary, Sally…
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15 September 2009
TUC Congress today (Tuesday) backed calls from UCU for greater investment in education. In the education debate delegates unanimously backed a UCU motion that rejected…
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15 September 2009
UCU said today (Tuesday) that a motion at the TUC Congress in Liverpool calling for high heels in the workplace to be replaced by sensible and comfortable shoes…
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10 September 2009
UCU Scotland slams calls for the reintroduction of fees in Scotland and questions the legitimacy and wisdom of Lord Sutherland. Lord Sutherland called for the reintroduction…
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10 September 2009
UCU today (Thursday) warned HE minister David Lammy to keep politics out of university pay talks. The union responded angrily to the minister's speech at the Universities…
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8 September 2009
UCU today (Tuesday) called on the government to urgently invest in education and training after new figures revealed that the number of young people not in employment,…
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