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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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10 May 2017
Commenting on Labour's announcement today (Wednesday) that it would increase funding for lifelong learning in colleges and reintroduce student maintenance grants…
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9 May 2017
The next government must invest more in education and support people to improve their skills regardless of age, background or location, says the University and…
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27 April 2017
Candidates standing in the Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region Mayoral elections on Thursday 4 May have been asked to sign up to a skills charter to demonstrate…
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26 April 2017
UCU said the collapse of a merger between Bury College and the University of Bolton was welcome news, but the problems with the rushed attempted merger should have…
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26 April 2017
UCU has called for closer working between students and staff as the sector fights against marketisation, casual contracts and higher fees. In a speech to the National…
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31 March 2017
Staff dissatisfied with how universities are run and don't feel respected More than three-quarters of university staff are dissatisfied with the way their institution…
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31 March 2017
UCU and UNISON have accused Mid Cheshire College and Warrington Collegiate of "reckless behaviour", putting jobs at risk in an ill-advised merger that has failed…
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17 March 2017
Lords call for international students to be removed migration figures The Lords were back attacking the government's beleaguered Higher Education and Research Bill…
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10 March 2017
UCU attacks vice-chancellors after Lords amend higher education bill UCU this week thanked peers for making a series of amendments to the government's Higher Education…
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9 March 2017
UCU has today responded to the Universities UK report Degree Apprenticeships: Realising Opportunities by calling for assurances that staff have a voice in any new…
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