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31 October 2008
UCU has called for a complete rethink of the way in which offender learning is delivered in UK prisons. The union says that unless reform addresses the problems…
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27 October 2008
An esteemed support service for hundreds of dyslexic college students is set to lose more than half of its staff after the deadline passed for them to sign up to…
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24 October 2008
UCU is to sponsor the largest gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) research in the UK, which is being held next month. The one-day conference…
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13 October 2008
In a ballot that closed today, college lecturers in England have overwhelmingly voted to accept a 3.2% pay offer for this academic year. Nearly 89% of UCU members,…
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30 September 2008
Following the loss of 1.5 million learner places in the past two years, a new campaign to defend adult education will be launched today. The Campaigning Alliance…
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23 September 2008
UCU today commented on today's rejection by the advocate-general in the European court of justice in Luxembourg of the claim by Age Concern that compelling people…
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22 September 2008
A well attended delegate conference held on 20 September agreed to recommend that members accept the 2008/9 AOC pay offer of 3.2% from 1 October 2008. A ballot…
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10 September 2008
UCU said today that people needed to have faith in the prison service and that can only be achieved with proper support for the people who educate offenders. Alan…
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8 September 2008
UCU said today that the government had to listen to public sector workers. UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said ministers had to stop seeing public sector workers…
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College lecturers to take industrial action to defend educational quality and professional standards28 August 2008
Lecturers at a further education college in north Wales have voted to take industrial action to defend the quality of the education students receive and to protect…
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