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2 February 2012
UCU today welcomed the news that there will be an independent review of staff development in further education but said that in order to meet its remit it must…
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23 January 2012
On Friday 20 January, the national executive committee (NEC) of UCU voted to reject the government's reforms of the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS). The changes,…
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20 December 2011
Commenting on the latest round of Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) talks, UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'Following extensive talks with government officials…
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1 December 2011
UCU today criticised government plans to hike up the price of adult learning courses. Reforms announced today will see students over the age of 24 forced to take…
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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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29 November 2011
UCU sees surge in membership as education secretary delivered attack on striking teachers • Union launches live blogging site with updates on disruptions at universities…
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25 November 2011
UCU suggests TUC will be blamed for bad weather as government spin machine heads out of control UCU said today that the prime minister's search for someone to blame…
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24 November 2011
UCU said today that the government had to urgently do more to help young people, as official figures revealed that almost one in five 16-24-year-olds (1,163,000)…
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18 November 2011
A cleaner at Grimsby College died of cancer after working in classrooms at the college that contained asbestos, a tribunal has ruled. UCU today said colleges and…
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16 November 2011
UCU today welcomed the news that a controversial merger between Newcastle College Group (NCG) and Northumberland College is off. Last night governors at Northumberland…
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