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17 July 2009
UCU today welcomed a hard-hitting report from the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee into the fiasco of the college buildings programme in further…
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16 July 2009
UCU today said that it welcomed the promise from the prime minister that there would be extra student places at universities this year. However, the union warned…
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16 July 2009
UCU today said that a sharp rise in graduate unemployment and increasing numbers of students not completing their first year at university did little to help a…
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16 July 2009
The UK is in the midst of a crisis in education as the recession hits universities and colleges, according to job loss figures released today by UCU. The union…
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16 July 2009
Hundreds of jobs at Welsh colleges and universities face being axed, according to new figures released today by UCU. With nearly 400 jobs already at risk or being…
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16 July 2009
Scotland risks losing its proud reputation as a global leader in higher education, according to job loss figures released today by UCU. With nearly 300 jobs already…
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16 July 2009
UCU today said it was furious at the response from the university employers' organisation over the figures for job losses in higher education. A statement from…
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14 July 2009
Members of UCU at the newly created Sixth Form Academy at City of Bristol College (CoBC) are taking strike action tomorrow in a row over compulsory job losses.…
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14 July 2009
Members of UCU at City College Birmingham have suspended plans for strike action tomorrow. The union has secured an agreement with the college that there will be…
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13 July 2009
UCU today called on the government to protect education during the recession after a new report showed a record rise in the amount of money higher education contributes…
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