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17 November 2017
UCU has warned of chaos in universities as lectures and classes are cancelled in the new year if a row over changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)…
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13 November 2017
For-profit colleges risk damaging the proud reputation of UK higher education and must face much stricter checks UCU has warned. The union was speaking ahead of…
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31 October 2017
Commenting on the sentencing of former dean of the faculty of education at Edge Hill University, Robert Smedley, and his partner Christopher Joynson for five years…
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27 October 2017
Academic freedom row as MP demands list of Brexit professors Responding to news on Tuesday that Conservative whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP had written to universities…
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24 October 2017
Union says letter has "acrid whiff of McCarthyism" about it Responding to news that Conservative whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP has written to universities asking…
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20 October 2017
Commenting on guilty verdicts handed down to two Edge Hill University managers , UCU said the university had serious questions to answer about its governance structures.…
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20 October 2017
UCU members overwhelmingly back strike action to defend pensions UCU members this week overwhelmingly backed strike action to defend their pensions. Eighty-seven…
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19 October 2017
The prospect of UK university staff going on strike is a step closer after a national consultative ballot by the University and College Union (UCU) showed overwhelming…
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18 October 2017
The rate of students who drop out of their studies at alternative providers of higher education is 15 percentage points higher than the rest of the sector, warns…
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13 October 2017
Apprenticeship starts drop by 61% after levy introduced The number of people starting apprenticeships between May and July fell by 61% compared to the previous…
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