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14 December 2006
College authorities from City of Bristol College have met police this week to discuss a recent incident when a student was arrested in the corridor outside his…
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14 December 2006
The threat of industrial action is looming in Wales after college employers failed to agree to talks on lecturers' hours, holidays and workloads, despite continued…
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14 December 2006
The secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain, has agreed to meet a union deputation on the FE dispute on 15 January 2007 thanks to approaches from UCU…
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7 December 2006
Media release on Scottish Parliament manifesto
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7 December 2006
Today, as the high court referred a case on compulsory retirement at 65 to the European Court of Justice, UCU warned that preventing employees from working beyond…
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6 December 2006
Responding to today's pre-budget report, UCU welcomed investment in education, but warned more needed to be done if the UK was to maintain its position as a global…
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5 December 2006
UCU has responded to the Leitch report - an independent review of the UK's long term skills needs - which was published today. UCU joint general secretary Paul…
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4 December 2006
The threat of strike action, an academic boycott and dozens of law suits has prevented Britain's newest university from imposing an inferior and non-negotiated…
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4 December 2006
Failure to support adults to learn will have serious social and economic consequences warns a coalition of thirty-two organisations, including UCU, today. The government's…
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4 December 2006
Groundbreaking new legal duties introduced today in England, Scotland and Wales could greatly improve the prospects of disabled people working or hoping to work…
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