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3 April 2020
Disadvantaged students could be the big losers under new assessment plans to replace exams this summer The union was responding to news from Ofqual about how GCSEs,…
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2 April 2020
The government must provide immediate support to colleges and universities to ensure they can help lead the recovery when the coronavirus crisis is over In a letter…
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24 March 2020
UCU has welcomed the move to suspend prison education as part of a wider prison lockdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Her Majesty's Prison and Probation…
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24 March 2020
The postponement of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) is an opportunity to reform how research is reviewed and funding is allocated, said UCU.
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24 March 2020
Around two-thirds of prison education staff (63%) say hand washing facilities in their prisons are inadequate, despite government guidance which says regular hand…
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24 March 2020
Redundancy plans are at odds with university's pledge to support staff and students The University of Portsmouth is under fire for pushing ahead with plans to sack…
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20 March 2020
Government plans to create grades for students who exams are cancelled this summer must take into account the barriers that students from disadvantaged backgrounds…
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16 March 2020
UCU's higher education committee (HEC) has taken the decision to postpone the reballots of higher education branches which were due to begin on Tuesday 17 March,…
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13 March 2020
Five-day walkouts at UK universities It was a full week of disruption, pickets and demonstrations at dozens of UK universities this week as UCU strike action entered…
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8 March 2020
Launch of first ever exhibition to honour "invisible" academics Award-winning author Bernardine Evaristo, poet and playwright Joan Anim-Addo and the first woman…
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