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12 July 2012
UCU today welcomed the announcement by the government that it will introduce measures to mitigate against the impact of its new further education loans system,…
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5 July 2012
Hairdressing and beauty lecturers at Tyne Met College will find out tomorrow if they are to face to the sack or have their pay cut by as much as £6,000 a year.…
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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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