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28 July 2011
UCU said today that the government's planned raid on public sector pensions had nothing to do with keeping pension costs down and was simply a tax to raise funds…
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25 July 2011
Members of UCU today voted overwhelmingly to boycott the Institute for Learning (IfL), in a row over membership fees. Almost 90% of those who voted, voted to stop…
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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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19 July 2011
The education select committee has today criticised the way the government handled the shutting down of the education maintenance allowance (EMA). The EMA was a…
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18 July 2011
Almost 60,000 women studying English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) could be priced out of education if the government pushes ahead with planned changes…
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15 July 2011
UCU said today that government plans to shut Latchmere and Brockhill prisons in September and transfer a further eight into the private sector made a mockery of…
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12 July 2011
UCU today accused the head of Newcastle College, Jackie Fisher, of 'de-Geordification', after staff were told that Newcastle College Group is to be rebranded to…
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8 July 2011
A quarter of a million people on benefits may be priced out of education if the government pushes ahead with planned changes to benefit system, warns new research…
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7 July 2011
UCU today warned Worcester College of Technology that it could face industrial action in a row over jobs and pay. UCU members at the college will meet tomorrow…
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6 July 2011
Members of the UCU at Leeds College of Building are taking strike action today in a row over job losses and pay. Staff will be on picket lines this morning at the…
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