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12 December 2011
UCU has condemned the use of metal walls to cordon off areas during protests The union's further education committee (FEC) passed a motion on Friday (9 December)…
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7 December 2011
UCU Wales today (Wednesday) welcomed the news that there will be an opposition day debate on public sector pensions on Thursday (8 December). The debate has been…
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29 November 2011
Responding to today's autumn statement, UCU said it would take more than the repackaging of a jobs scheme the government had previously axed to tackle youth unemployment.…
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16 November 2011
UCU said today that an eighth successive monthly increase in youth unemployment figures had to prompt the government to deliver policies that would help the more…
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26 October 2011
UCU today warned that last-minute government plans to remove the legal requirement for colleges to have staff and students on their governance boards would increase…
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12 September 2011
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) today backed a motion that called for a greater defence of the right to protest and to fight any measures from the government to…
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22 July 2011
Different areas of the same cities and counties in Britain have huge disparities in educational achievement, warns new analysis released today. The analysis, from…
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1 April 2011
UCU today warned that healthcare education training could be put at risk if academics are sidelined. Responding to the Department of Health's consultation document,…
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8 March 2011
UCU today highlighted how the principal of Newcastle College has enjoyed a whopping 32% annual pay rise - at the same time as more than 170 of her staff are facing…
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24 November 2010
Radical government reforms to shift teacher training away from universities and focus it in schools could 'ruin the profession', warned UCU today. The union was…
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