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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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3 February 2011
University to face local strike action for the first time in its history over restructure plans UCU today announced that staff at Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC)…
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2 February 2011
UCU today slammed the decision by Newcastle College to axe 120 teaching jobs at its main college site. The college have presented the union with plans for over…
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29 January 2011
The general secretary of UCU will today tell protestors at a Manchester demonstration that the government is betraying an entire generation of young people through…
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28 January 2011
UCU today accused East Durham College of breaking the law as it looks to axe 73 staff. The union says the college has a legal duty to consult with recognised unions…
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19 January 2011
UCU said tonight that the government had taken its attacks on education to a new level and was, one by one, dismantling routes into education for all but those…
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18 January 2011
Students from two London colleges will be handing out 'Save EMA' biscuits outside parliament between 11am and 12noon tomorrow morning*, as MPs prepare to vote on…
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18 January 2011
As MPs prepare to vote on the future of the education maintenance allowance (EMA), a poll of students who receive the financial support has revealed that seven…
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14 January 2011
Students, staff and trade unions are uniting for two days of action on Tuesday (18 January) and Wednesday (19 January) as part of their campaign to save the education…
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11 January 2011
UCU and the National Union of Students (NUS) have joined forces with the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to organise 'a future that works' protest in Manchester on…
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10 January 2011
Opponents of plans to axe the education maintenance allowance (EMA) are taking their message to the heart of government tomorrow. College and sixth-form students…
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