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28 September 2007
UCU announced today that, after seeking legal advice, an academic boycott of Israel would be unlawful and cannot be implemented. Members of the union's strategy…
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28 September 2007
Two of UCU's celebrated life changers told Bill Rammell, minister of state for lifelong learning, further and higher education, this week exactly what was needed…
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25 September 2007
UCU today said that staff needed to be recognised for the extra 'unscheduled' work outside of teaching hours they put in with their students. A Higher Education…
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24 September 2007
On 21 September the board of Bournemouth University approved the compulsory redundancy of 50 academic posts. These are on top of some 70 posts lost through voluntary…
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18 September 2007
Only Belgium, the Czech Republic, Greece and Italy have higher student:staff ratios in their higher education institutions than Britain, according to the annual…
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18 September 2007
'Gagged' students and their lecturers will take part in events across the country today to highlight the threat to free courses in English for Speakers of Other…
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17 September 2007
UCU members at Fareham College are balloting on possible industrial action in an attempt to prevent the erosion of classroom teaching standards at the college.…
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13 September 2007
UCU president, Linda Newman, urged delegates at the TUC Congress in Brighton to back the union's fight against privatisation in further and higher education. Speaking…
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13 September 2007
UCU today warned that recent departmental closures in strategic subjects like the sciences must not be allowed to continue if the UK wants to ensure future students…
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12 September 2007
UCU today welcomed the positive results of the third National Student Survey (NSS). The survey of over 177,000 students revealed that over four fifths of students…
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