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31 March 2008
The initial target date by which all further education college lecturers in England were urged to register as members of the Institute for Learning, the professional…
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31 March 2008
UCU welcomed today's proposed new rationalised qualifications strategy for 14-19 year-olds but urged that there needs to be some flexibility within the system and…
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31 March 2008
As UCU's FE members vote on whether to take action on pay, the union received a massive boost with the news that the National Union of Students (NUS) is supporting…
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28 March 2008
UCU today welcomed the government's announcement of energy efficient new college buildings. On Tuesday 1 April the union will press colleges and universities to…
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18 March 2008
Thirty colleges are owed money as a result of the collapse of the private training provider Carter & Carter, according to the latest media reports. UCU's head of…
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14 March 2008
UCU today began balloting members in further education colleges in England on possible industrial action in pursuit of a pay claim for a 6% increase or £1,500,…
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11 March 2008
UCU has called for an end to government efforts to bring a market into further education, after the collapse of training company Carter & Carter. Carter & Carter…
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7 March 2008
UCU today responded to a government announcement that greater academic value will be attached to diplomas by introducing an extended diploma in 2011. University…
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5 March 2008
A lecturer at a further education college in Northern Ireland has won an employment tribunal ruling that she was treated unlawfully because her work is part-time.…
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5 March 2008
UCU has welcomed the final report of The Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning, published today. Kate Heasman, equality official at UCU, represented…
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