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4 February 2009
Somerset College has been accused of putting the health and safety of its staff and the local population at risk today. UCU has reacted angrily to emails from the…
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29 January 2009
UCU today urged the government to allocate funding for basic skills to the areas that need it most. The union agreed with the assessment from the Public Accounts…
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23 January 2009
Eleven colleges across the country will be brought to a standstill on Thursday 5 February in a row over their failure to honour a pay deal agreed over four years…
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16 January 2009
UCU today welcomed calls from an influential parliamentary committee to support colleges delivering relevant training to individuals and communities likely to be…
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13 January 2009
UCU said today that the government should be commended for its plans to try and improve social mobility through the power of education. Responding to the government's…
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12 January 2009
Eleven colleges across the country may be brought to a standstill over their failure to award staff a pay deal agreed four years ago. UCU announced today that its…
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7 January 2009
UCU today called for an immediate ceasefire to the violence in Gaza and urged Israel to open up the borders to Gaza to allow emergency aid through. In its statement…
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10 December 2008
Responding to claims today that UCU has dropped a proposed boycott of Israeli academics, the union said there was never a boycott motion passed at its Congress…
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9 December 2008
Eleven colleges across the country could be brought to a standstill over their failure to award staff a pay deal agreed four years ago. UCU has announced that its…
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8 December 2008
A survey of 3,000 further education staff has found their stress levels exceed the averages for British workers on seven key measures. The survey, carried out by…
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