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26 January 2007
High levels of stress are widespread amongst staff throughout further and higher education and staff widely believe that management - far from addressing the issue…
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23 January 2007
At a national TUC rally to 'speak up for public services' on Tuesday 23 January, UCU, which represents lecturing staff in further education (FE) colleges, will…
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18 January 2007
Dozens of organisations including the Children's Society, the Refugee Council and the shopworkers' union USDAW spoke out this week to warn the government that its…
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11 January 2007
UCU is hosting a meeting on 15 January to organise a 'Save ESOL' campaign which will press government to reverse plans for cuts in funding for ESOL (English for…
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9 January 2007
UCU has called for the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to rethink its list of bodies at risk of losing charitable status which includes universities, colleges…
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20 December 2006
The government's plans to reduce prisoner reoffending may be ignoring essential prisoner needs for education and support, according to teachers who work in prisons.…
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15 December 2006
UCU is one of 28 unions which have joined forces in a TUC co-ordinated campaign that aims to protect public services from policies that try to make them operate…
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14 December 2006
The threat of industrial action is looming in Wales after college employers failed to agree to talks on lecturers' hours, holidays and workloads, despite continued…
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14 December 2006
The secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain, has agreed to meet a union deputation on the FE dispute on 15 January 2007 thanks to approaches from UCU…
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7 December 2006
Today, as the high court referred a case on compulsory retirement at 65 to the European Court of Justice, UCU warned that preventing employees from working beyond…
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