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  • 17 March 2017

    Lords call for international students to be removed migration figures The Lords were back attacking the government's beleaguered Higher Education and Research Bill…

  • 10 March 2017

    UCU attacks vice-chancellors after Lords amend higher education bill UCU this week thanked peers for making a series of amendments to the government's Higher Education…

  • 9 March 2017

    UCU has today responded to the Universities UK report Degree Apprenticeships: Realising Opportunities by calling for assurances that staff have a voice in any new…

  • 8 March 2017

    UCU has today responded to the chancellor's budget statement by calling for more funding now, so that colleges aren't at a standing start when new technical routes…

  • 7 March 2017

    UCU Scotland, today welcomed the increase to 40 per cent of pupils going into higher education but called on more to be done to close the opportunity gap. Responding…

  • 7 March 2017

    Staff at Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College will be protesting on Friday at the college's decision to stop delivering A-levels. Members of the University…

  • 6 March 2017

    As the House of Lords prepares to debate the Higher Education and Research Bill again today, the University and College Union (UCU) has urged peers to "stand up…

  • 3 March 2017

    Sally Hunt is returned as UCU general secretary Sally Hunt has been re-elected as UCU general secretary , defeating her only opponent Jo McNeill by a margin of…

  • 2 March 2017

    Sally Hunt has been re-elected as UCU general secretary, defeating her only opponent Jo McNeill by a margin of 2,552 votes.  She won 59% of the votes cast. UCU…

  • 27 February 2017

    More investment in further education is urgently required to rebuild capacity in the sector, UCU said today. The union was responding to the Institute for Fiscal…