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29 November 2017
Commenting on the resignation of Dame Glynis Breakwell , the University and College Union (UCU) said her position had become untenable and the announcement had…
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22 November 2017
Responding to the Budget statement today (Wednesday), UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said: 'The Chancellor spoke warmly about the importance of skills in his…
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20 November 2017
Staff at the University of Bath have called on the vice-chancellor and board of governors to resign in the wake of a damning report into senior pay and governance…
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20 November 2017
Just days after announcing that 75 lecturers' jobs are at risk at the University of Southampton, it has been revealed that the university is advertising for…
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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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