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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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8 November 2011
UCU said today that government plans to shake up teacher training risked decimating the professionalism of teaching. The union was responding to plans from education…
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3 November 2011
UCU today welcomed the news that the government is to withdraw plans to remove the statutory obligation for staff and students to sit on college governance boards.…
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2 November 2011
UCU today welcomed the halting of a merger between Northumberland College and Newcastle College Group (NCG), but warned serious questions remained as leaked papers…
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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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26 October 2011
Thousands of members of the UCU and other education trade unions will descend on parliament today to lobby their MPs about potential changes to their pensions.…
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13 October 2011
Colleges are having to top up government bursaries in order to help vulnerable students stay in education, warns a new study released today. The survey of 182 colleges…
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12 October 2011
UCU said today that the government needed to urgently rethink policies that would restrict young people's access to education, training and work as youth unemployment…
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29 September 2011
UCU today said pressure on staff to spy on their students would create an environment of mistrust on campus and risked jeopardising the crucial relationship between…
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14 September 2011
UCU today said it will be joining other unions in a day of action to defend pensions on 30 November. The union, which was one of four that took strike action in…
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