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15 August 2014
UCU has accused Barnsley College of wasting public money and putting students education at risk following a 'botched' restructure resulting in 29 vacancies within…
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22 July 2014
UCU today re-emphasised its opposition to zero-hours contracts at an industry briefing on atypical and zero-hours contracts hosted by conciliation experts Acas.…
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18 July 2014
College announce 119 job losses and pay cut plans as staff break up for the summer • College refuses union's demand to delay consultation until after staff return…
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17 July 2014
National bursary scheme would simplify 'labyrinth' poorest students currently have to navigate • Further education colleges put universities to shame as they spend…
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15 July 2014
UCU today welcomed the new further and higher education ministers and said it was looking forward to discussing the important issues that face them in their new…
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11 July 2014
UCU has not ruled out the possibility of strike action at K College in a row over jobs losses at the Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford sites. One hundred twenty-seven…
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9 July 2014
The principal of Lambeth College has threatened to axe courses for disabled students and foreign speakers wishing to learn English (ESOL) if UCU does not accept…
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8 July 2014
More than half of young people would rather do an apprenticeship than go to university, if there was an apprenticeship in a job they wanted to do, according to…
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2 July 2014
Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant has added his support to the strikers at Lambeth College as they enter a fifth week of strike action.
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1 July 2014
Staff and students will be out in protest at Leeds City College tomorrow in a row over job losses and the planned closure of a nursery. The protest will start at…
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