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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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27 January 2014
UCU today commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) with the release of a film looking at forced journeys experienced by people affected by the Holocaust. The theme…
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17 December 2013
A new report released today warns that government reforms to higher education have 'many of the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme, relying on diminishing future…
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16 December 2013
The vice-president of UCU, John McCormack, died on Friday night after a short illness. The union said John was a wonderful, principled man steeped in the trade…
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23 October 2013
Too many prisoners spend too long in their cells with nothing constructive to do, warned the chief inspector of prisons today. UCU said that a more thoughtful approach…
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21 October 2013
David Willetts's call for a 'cultural change back towards teaching' in UK universities is at odds with his government's creation of a 'funding monster' that values…
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17 October 2013
UCU today welcomed calls from Alan Milburn, Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, to help the poorest families in society. The union said the…
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17 October 2013
The role of Scotland's universities must be addressed in the run up to the independence referendum, said the UCU today. The union today released its manifesto for…
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