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18 February 2011
Institute for Learning denounced by lecturers as survey finds less than one-fifth believe it fulfils its role • 84% say they would not pay for membership in poll…
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11 February 2011
UCU today hit out at plans to more than double membership fees for the Institute for Learning (IfL) from £30 to £68 and to transfer the cost from the state to the…
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10 February 2011
A week of action to protest against proposed government cuts to the Health and Safety Executive budget is being organised by the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group…
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9 February 2011
UCU today backed calls from the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, for prisoners to be given the right to vote. The union which represents prison educators said…
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7 February 2011
Responding to today's announcement from the government that over 100,000 apprenticeships will be created, UCU warned that thousands of young people could still…
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4 February 2011
Warning comes on same day as Labour leader says that young people will be worse off than their parents The head of UCU, Sally Hunt, today wrote to the education…
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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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