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12 May 2016
UK universities are struggling to meet almost one third of high-level targets designed to widen access to higher education, according to a new report published…
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12 May 2016
UCU said today that the underachievement of young men shows the need for radical action on both careers advice and university outreach programmes. The union was…
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9 May 2016
UCU has confirmed plans for a two-day national strike at UK universities as part of an ongoing dispute over pay. UCU members in higher education will walk out on…
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4 May 2016
UCU has announced today that members working in higher education have voted in favour of strike action in UK universities in a row over pay. Almost two thirds (65.4%)…
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28 April 2016
UCU has called on the government to urgently review England's student finance system, which leaves graduates with higher levels of debt than other major English-speaking…
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15 April 2016
UCU exposes 'endemic' use of insecure contracts in colleges and universities As part of the ongoing campaign against insecure contracts across the sector, UCU published…
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14 April 2016
Staff at the University of Reading have delivered a damning vote of no confidence in vice-chancellor Sir David Bell. Staff from across the university have made…
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14 April 2016
The reliance of UK universities on insecure contracts, including zero-hours contracts, is laid bare in a new report from UCU published today The finds that 54%…
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13 April 2016
UCU said today that persistent inequalities in graduate earnings show the need for radical action to reform university admissions. UCU was responding to a new report…
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8 April 2016
UCU has today welcomed a report from the House of Lords Social Mobility Committee which highlights the huge funding gap between further and higher education, as…
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