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25 September 2012
Members of UCU at Barnfield College will stage a one-day walkout after a decisive strike action ballot result. Ninety per cent of UCU members who voted, backed…
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19 September 2012
The government is not doing enough to tackle the scale of youth unemployment, warned an influential group of MPs today. A report from the Work and Pensions Select…
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17 September 2012
Members of UCU at K College are being balloted for strike action in an increasingly bitter row over job losses. The ballot opens today and closes on Friday 28 September.…
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11 September 2012
UCU said today's Commons debate on college and university fees must scrutinise the role private providers play in UK higher education. The union said that as well…
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11 September 2012
UCU announced today that it will be balloting members at Barnfield College for strike action in a row over changes to their contracts. The ballot will open on Thursday…
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7 September 2012
A lecturer who suffered permanent damage to his fingers after they became trapped in a defective sash window has received compensation after help from his trade…
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3 September 2012
The row over job losses at K College is expected to escalate this week as members of UCU step up their campaign to save 145 jobs. The union has demanded that the…
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31 August 2012
UCU has today written to the chairman of the education select committee, Graham Stuart MP, to call for the committee to investigate the unexpected decline in GCSE…
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22 August 2012
One in six 18-year-olds (15.5%) in England were not in education, employment or training between April and June, according to new government figures released today…
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26 July 2012
6,000 college jobs lost and two-thirds of colleges see applications drop Over three-fifths of colleges have cut courses and two-thirds reported a reduction in student…
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