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26 February 2015
UCU has warned that cuts of up to a quarter in funding for adult learning courses risks decimating further education provision and leaving millions of the most…
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25 February 2015
Almost 700,000 people say their main employment is on a zero-hours contract, an increase of 111,000 on the previous year, according to a report out today. The analysis…
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17 February 2015
David Cameron's plans to force young people not in employment, education or training (the so-called NEETs) to undertake work to receive benefits expose his party's…
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16 February 2015
UCU today welcomed plans from the Labour party for more apprenticeships. Labour leader Ed Miliband said private companies bidding for public sector contracts would…
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12 February 2015
UCU today welcomed the Liberal Democrats' pledge, on the front page of its general election manifesto, to guarantee funding from nursery to college. The move would…
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6 February 2015
Politicians, polling specialists, political commentators, academics, policy experts and student leaders will debate further and higher education policy at a central…
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3 February 2015
Over 500 of the UK's most senior academics have signed a letter in today's Guardian warning that controversial new laws aimed at tackling extremism would place…
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2 February 2015
Controversial government plans to place a legal duty on universities to prevent students from being drawn into terrorism are in conflict with existing freedom of…
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21 January 2015
UCU members at Lambeth College will return to work tomorrow morning after accepting an improved offer from the college. UCU members walked out indefinitely on Monday…
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19 January 2015
UCU members at Lambeth College are considering a revised offer from the college with the aim of ending a lengthy dispute. UCU members walked out indefinitely this…
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