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17 April 2007
UCU joint general secretary, Sally Hunt, today sent letters of condolence to colleagues in America following yesterday's tragic shooting at Virginia Tech. In the…
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17 April 2007
UCU has welcomed a report by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) which shows increasing success in further education (FE). The union called on the government…
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13 April 2007
UCU has welcomed the appointment of Sir Reg Empey as Minister for employment and learning in the Northern Ireland Executive. UCU joint general secretary Sally Hunt…
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10 April 2007
Academics are underpaid and overworked compared with other graduate professions, which is likely to have a knock-on effect on the quality of UK higher education…
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9 April 2007
Managers at Harlow College gave lecturers an unwelcome Easter present as they left to enjoy their holiday break. Staff were informed that on their return they will…
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2 April 2007
UCU responded to figures released this morning by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) that show total income in higher education rose by 7.5 per cent…
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30 March 2007
Unions representing college lecturers and support staff have submitted their pay claim for 2007-08. A joint pay claim has been submitted by college unions UCU,…
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29 March 2007
A flawed scheme to privatise a university department has been rejected by Oxford Brookes University after a vigorous campaign by staff to defend educational quality…
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28 March 2007
Lecturers at Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges are set to take strike action again today. This is the seventh strike in the long running pay dispute…
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26 March 2007
UCU today responded to figures released this morning from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on the number of foreign students at UK universities and…
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