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10 July 2006
European Union employment laws that come into effect today state that staff members who have been on fixed-term contracts for more than four years can now regard…
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5 July 2006
The salaries and status of UK academics must be improved if UK universities are to continue to be at the forefront of innovation. UCU joint general secretary, Sally…
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4 July 2006
Approximately half of all staff at a Kent College have signed a statement of 'no confidence' in their principal. A total of 244 UCU and UNISON members at South…
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27 June 2006
UCU has welcomed the publication of a new survey which shows that nine out of ten students in further education are satisfied with their learning experience. The…
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22 June 2006
Staff at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) today (Thursday) vowed to fight back against threatened redundancies on languages and business courses. The staff…
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20 June 2006
Five lecturers dismissed as redundant by Manchester College of Arts and Technology in August 2004 when their unit was closed for 'economic reasons' were sacked…
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20 June 2006
College lecturers, who are members of the newly formed University and College Union (UCU), are to be balloted on an improved pay offer for the next academic year.…
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20 June 2006
The head of equality and employment rights at UCU has questioned the new government funding policy for further education on the grounds that it is damaging educational…
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19 June 2006
Some staff at Leeds University stand to lose over £10,000 per year after they were downgraded through a flawed job evaluation process. Leeds University management…
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16 June 2006
Senior staff in universities who use informal communication 'grapevines' to exchange gossip and distorted personnel information contribute to discriminatory policy…
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