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9 July 2014
UCU today expressed its solidarity with public sector workers on strike tomorrow over cuts in pay and pensions. Analysis from the TUC shows that the average public…
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18 June 2014
UCU has welcomed the call for more understanding of why some ethnic minorities appear to be more resilient to the effects of poverty on educational achievement…
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28 April 2014
Forcing key issues in further and higher education onto political parties' agendas will be behind debates at UCU's annual conference next month. Delegates from…
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15 April 2014
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has announced that the recipients of this year's health and safety award are Dundee University UCU reps Marion Sporing…
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25 March 2014
Banning books being sent to prisoners risks increasing reoffending rates, warned the union that represents prison educators today. UCU said research shows that…
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19 March 2014
UCU today welcomed plans for extra apprenticeship grants and the development of graduate-level apprenticeships announced in the budget. However, the union said…
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13 March 2014
UCU has written to the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) with condolences following the sudden death of their longstanding general secretary,…
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11 March 2014
UCU has today paid tribute to Bob Crow, General Secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, who has passed away, aged 52. UCU general secretary, Sally…
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25 February 2014
Prisoners are not getting the help they need to turn their lives around because of a failing prison education system with no continuity, warns a report released…
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13 February 2014
UCU today defended the quality of social work teaching in universities, following the publication of a report by Sir Martin Narey which makes a number of recommendations…
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