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26 November 2014
The number of people starting an apprenticeship fell by 13.7% this year and the number of adult learners dropped by 10.7%, according to government figures released…
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25 November 2014
The next government must look again at student finance and consider radical alternatives to the current system says UCU as it launches its 15-point pre-election…
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24 November 2014
UCU members at Barnsley College will be on strike on Wednesday and Thursday this week (26 and 27 November) in a row over new contracts. Union members will be on…
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13 November 2014
England and Northern Ireland are propping up an international league table that ranks how many people have professional education and training qualifications, according…
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24 October 2014
The bitter trade dispute at Lambeth College may continue after members of the UCU voted overwhelmingly to reject new contracts and ballot for strike action. In…
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20 October 2014
New report shows Britain is on the brink of becoming a permanently divided nation. Commenting on today's Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission's report that…
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18 October 2014
Nigel Farage may masquerade as the workers' friend, but he wants to turn the clock back on immigration, workers' rights and women's rights, a union leader will…
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17 October 2014
UCU and the National Union of Teachers express concerns about plans to house hundreds of young offenders in secure colleges, dubbed 'super prisons', in England.…
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13 October 2014
A strike planned for tomorrow in English colleges is off. The colleges' employer body, the Association of Colleges (AoC), supported an injunction in the High Court…
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26 September 2014
A London college has come under fierce criticism following news that its name and branding, which has been in place for less than two years and cost nearly £300,000…
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