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14 April 2016
The reliance of UK universities on insecure contracts, including zero-hours contracts, is laid bare in a new report from UCU published today The finds that 54%…
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13 April 2016
UCU said today that persistent inequalities in graduate earnings show the need for radical action to reform university admissions. UCU was responding to a new report…
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8 April 2016
UCU has today welcomed a report from the House of Lords Social Mobility Committee which highlights the huge funding gap between further and higher education, as…
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4 April 2016
UCU has announced that it will ballot members at Hull College for strike action in a row over pay and a controversial teaching and learning lesson observation system…
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22 March 2016
The University and College Union has given its support to a staff-led vote of no confidence in the University of Reading's vice-chancellor Sir David Bell. The vote…
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18 March 2016
UCU has said that government should consult carefully on new quality measures for Initial Teacher Training (ITT) to ensure that good providers are not penalised…
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16 March 2016
UCU said today that new loans for doctoral study announced in the budget would leave many PhD graduates with student loans of over £80,000, and warned that this…
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11 March 2016
A look back at some of the week's news Gender pay gap report UCU's report on the gender pay gap in FE and HE, launched to coincide with International Women's Day,…
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4 March 2016
A look back at some of the week's news UCU responds to select committee report on teaching quality In response so the publication of a report into teaching quality…
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2 March 2016
Responding to comments made by outgoing Ofsted chief, Sir Michael Wilshaw, during an Education Select Committee meeting today, UCU has described the attack as unhelpful…
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