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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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22 February 2007
Government plans to restrict access to free English language courses will be opposed at a lobby of Parliament on Wednesday 28 February. At a meeting in the House…
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22 February 2007
Teachers and lecturers do, on average, more than 11 hours of unpaid work every week, according to figures released today. If the staff were paid for their additional…
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21 February 2007
UCU is supporting the day of action organised by the TUC sponsored NHS Together campaign. A series of regional events throughout the UK will highlight the impact…
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21 February 2007
UCU today responded to the provisional report of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion by calling for the government to listen to language tutors who are fearful…
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14 February 2007
UCU has welcomed today's launch of the Disability Rights Commission's 'Disability Agenda', which sets out the chief public policy challenges regarding disability…
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14 February 2007
UCU has welcomed the call this week by children's minister Beverley Hughes MP for all employees to be able to request flexible working - but says current legal…
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13 February 2007
Campaigners opposing the closure of courses for visually impaired and disabled students at the Royal National Institute for the Blind Redhill College in Surrey…
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12 February 2007
The government has been accused of hypocrisy over its plan to withhold state benefits from jobless people who are unable to speak English and cannot demonstrate…
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31 January 2007
UCU has criticised the vice chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University for his recommendation that civil partnerships should not take place on university…
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30 January 2007
Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges were hit hard by strike action on 29 January as college lecturers took their 6th day of strike action since last…
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