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12 December 2008
Staff at Queen's University Belfast have delivered a damning verdict on management proposals to privatise the recruitment and teaching of international students.…
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11 December 2008
A damning report on UK universities reveals today the levels of stress in higher education are considerably worse than recommendations from the Health and Safety…
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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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