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2 December 2009
The UK has dramatically slumped to the bottom of international education tables. In the past 12 years it has been overtaken by countries such as Portugal, New Zealand,…
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1 December 2009
UCU takes campaign to Stormont to put education back on the agenda and NI on the front foot Northern Ireland is bottom of UK tables that measure employment rates…
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1 December 2009
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) will launch the first ever guide to the role of the staff governor at the annual Staff Governors' Conference…
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30 November 2009
Members of UCU at Glyndŵr University will stage demonstrations outside the university on Wednesday 2 December in protest at the dismissal of the union branch chair…
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30 November 2009
UCU will mark World Aids Day tomorrow by launching a new guide for branches on how to support people living and working with HIV. Returning to work after an HIV…
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24 November 2009
UCU today said that further education colleges should be congratulated for their work following a positive report from Ofsted. One in five colleges (20%) was judged…
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19 November 2009
UCU today called on the government to simplify the vast and varied qualifications and funding streams in further education. The union said the current mess was…
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17 November 2009
UCU today called for intervention from the Treasury to resolve the building crisis in further education that claimed its first victim last week. Brooklands College…
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13 November 2009
Preston College looks increasingly likely that it will face disruptive strike action in the new year after UCU announced today that it will be balloting its members…
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12 November 2009
A college lecturer has been left with permanent damage to his hearing after being exposed to excessive noise at work. Malcolm Hipkin, 65, from Gateshead received…
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