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21 July 2017
UCU has been banned from attending a meeting at Teesside University at 12:30pm today (Friday) to discuss the fate of 27 professors at the university who were controversially…
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20 July 2017
Responding to a speech from universities minister Jo Johnson today, UCU said it remained sceptical that anything could be done to curb excessive senior pay in universities…
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19 July 2017
Some graduates will be hit with a "mid-life tax crisis" because of massive student loan debts, warns a report from London Economics . Graduates that avoid the higher…
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14 July 2017
UCU has today called for proper scrutiny of senior pay in universities in the form of a public register of vice-chancellors' pay and perks. The union said university…
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13 July 2017
Commenting on the latest figures for full-time undergraduate applications for the 2017 UCAS cycle made by the 30 June deadline, UCU said the time had come for a…
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11 July 2017
Responding to Matthew Taylor's report looking at modern working practices, UCU said insecure workers needed rights not sympathy to end the abuse of exploitative…
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7 July 2017
Teesside University is under fire for 'bizarre' plans to make all its professors reapply for their jobs over the summer. UCU said the university has not explained…
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6 July 2017
UCU today welcomed plans from the Labour party to invest in a 'National Education Service' modelled on the NHS. The union said the proposals, which will allow adults…
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3 July 2017
Commenting on the findings of a report looking at the controversial anti-terror programme 'Prevent' , UCU said the government should conduct proper research into…
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30 June 2017
UCU criticises government's plans for EU citizens UCU general secretary Sally Hunt this week criticised government proposals for EU citizens' rights post-Brexit,…
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