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13 September 2011
A report released today by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveals that the UK has one of the worst records for educational participation…
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7 September 2011
UCU today welcomed the government's decision to hold an independent review of professional development for college lecturers that will involve looking at the role…
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6 September 2011
Up to 25,000 teachers and lecturers will gather in Westminster on Wednesday 26 October in a mass lobby to protest against changes to the Teachers' Pension Scheme.…
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24 August 2011
Poorest students set to receive just half of last year's financial support • Only a quarter of colleges have posted financial support packages on their websites…
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16 August 2011
Public accounts committee says department for education has not assessed impact of EMA axe UCU today agreed with Margaret Hodge, chair of the public accounts committee,…
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9 August 2011
UCU today said it was pleased that plans to axe free courses for people on inactive benefits (which include income support, working families' tax credit and housing…
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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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