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29 June 2007
UCU has urged the government to implement a one year moratorium on changes in entitlement to free courses in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). Today,…
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28 June 2007
UCU today welcomed the appointment of John Denham as innovation, universities and skills secretary. Responding to the news, UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said:…
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28 June 2007
UCU members at City of Sunderland College are set to ballot on whether to take strike action in defence of teaching jobs threatened with redundancy. Lecturers fear…
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27 June 2007
Ahead of Gordon Brown becoming prime minister later today, UCU urged the former chancellor to back up his consistent warm words on the importance of education through…
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20 June 2007
Lecturers at Craven College in Skipton are contemplating taking unprecedented industrial action including strikes. Members of UCU are becoming increasingly frustrated…
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14 June 2007
UCU today signed up to promote the government drive to get employers to commit to a Skills Pledge for their employees. Improving workforce skills was vital, said…
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14 June 2007
UCU said today that unless the government stops plans to cut access to free English classes it has no chance of meeting the recommendations of a Commission on Integration…
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13 June 2007
Lecturers at Harlow College are holding a rally this lunchtime as part of their ongoing strike action this week. Angry lecturers will congregate outside the gates…
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12 June 2007
Staff at Hackney Community College will strike tomorrow after talks between the college and UCU failed to resolve the problem of compulsory job losses. In April…
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11 June 2007
Lecturers at Harlow College today begin a three day strike in resistance to the imposition of a new, unnegotiated college plan which lecturers - and students -…
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