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29 June 2012
UCU members at Leeds City College (LCC) today held lunchtime protests against planned job cuts at the college. Staff at LCC were joined by colleagues from Leeds…
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28 June 2012
The proportion of 16-18-year-olds who were not in education, employment or training in 2011 rose to 8.1%, from 7.5% in 2010, according to the latest government…
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27 June 2012
UCU today said that Nick Clegg was right to raise the problem of youth unemployment but warned that unless the government invested more in helping young people…
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22 June 2012
Staff and students lobby MPs as government predicts 100,000 fewer college students under controversial loans plan Campaigners have today written to the further…
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25 May 2012
Campaigners will hold a rally outside the department of work and pensions (DWP) today to call on the government to urgently invest in new industries as a way of…
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24 May 2012
Members of UCU at Chesterfield College will take strike action on Tuesday (29 May) after the college was today accused of 'ambushing' staff with a two-year pay…
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22 May 2012
UCU said today that Nick Clegg's warm words on social mobility were to be welcomed, but that key policy decisions were denying people from the poorest backgrounds…
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21 May 2012
UCU today announced that members at Sunderland College have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in a row over pay. A date for the action will be discussed…
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15 May 2012
Following the news that the government has terminated A4e's Mandatory Work Activity contract after it said there were 'significant weaknesses in A4e's internal…
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11 May 2012
Just one in 10 people aged 24 and over would definitely undertake a further education course at college if controversial plans to charge student loans are brought…
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