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2 April 2009
The six further education trade unions - ACM, ATL, GMB, UCU, UNISON, UNITE - have submitted a pay claim of 6% for the next academic year (2009/2010) or a minimum…
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1 April 2009
UCU has demanded that staff in prison education be given the same pay and conditions as their colleagues across the further education sector. In a letter to the…
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1 April 2009
UCU has backed calls for intervention from the treasury to resolve the current building crisis in further education. Responding to a critical report from Sir Andrew…
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1 April 2009
Hundreds of lecturers and students will demonstrate at the Welsh Assembly on 1 April in protest at funding cuts to further education colleges. UCU has organised…
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28 March 2009
UCU has called on world leaders to show their support for workers during the current economic downturn, by not cutting back on vital education and training. UCU…
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25 March 2009
With thousands of jobs and dozens of departments under threat across UK higher and further education, UCU general secretary Sally Hunt has this week written to…
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25 March 2009
Staff will be protesting at Welsh further education colleges on 25 March over budget cuts that they warn will seriously hamper the recovery of the Welsh economy.…
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24 March 2009
UCU today said it was disappointed that the government, in responding to a key report on 're-skilling' the UK population, had continued its reliance on the employer…
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24 March 2009
Four colleges across the country will be brought to a standstill today and tomorrow as staff walk out in a row over their failure to honour a pay deal agreed over…
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23 March 2009
UCU today welcomed the government's new white paper on informal adult education, and its pledge to spend an additional £20 million on adult learning partnerships.…
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