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6 December 2006
Responding to today's pre-budget report, UCU welcomed investment in education, but warned more needed to be done if the UK was to maintain its position as a global…
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5 December 2006
UCU has responded to the Leitch report - an independent review of the UK's long term skills needs - which was published today. UCU joint general secretary Paul…
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4 December 2006
Failure to support adults to learn will have serious social and economic consequences warns a coalition of thirty-two organisations, including UCU, today. The government's…
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4 December 2006
Groundbreaking new legal duties introduced today in England, Scotland and Wales could greatly improve the prospects of disabled people working or hoping to work…
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30 November 2006
UCU has today responded to comments by prime minister Tony Blair on plans for more academies and greater access to the International baccalaureate, UCU joint general…
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30 November 2006
UCU has added its backing to an emergency fund for Iraqi academics. The fund, launched by the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA), will lobby the UK…
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27 November 2006
UCU believes staff governors in further education colleges can play a positive role in helping to maintain high quality courses. This message will be heard today…
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23 November 2006
UCU has expressed serious misgivings about territorial ambitions of Newcastle College (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) after Skelmersdale College's announcement yesterday…
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22 November 2006
UCU today told education secretary Alan Johnson that although his compliments about college lecturers were appreciated, the government needs to stop ignoring the…
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21 November 2006
Disturbing levels of sleeplessness, anxiety and exhaustion amongst lecturers in colleges and universities will be revealed at a conference on tackling stress at…
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