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26 October 2015
UCU welcomes proposals for a name-blind university applications process.
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26 October 2015
UCU members at the University of Manchester are to be balloted for strike action after the union accused managers of ignoring agreed procedures and pushing staff…
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19 October 2015
UCU today welcomed Policy Exchange's findings that the further education sector needs better funding and it should be protected in the forthcoming spending review.…
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15 October 2015
Staff at the Open University are being balloted for strike action in an increasingly bitter row over job losses and the closure of regional offices. The ballot…
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13 October 2015
Union says 'protest merry-go-round' ahead of crucial meeting is an insult to the 502 staff whose jobs are at risk. Staff at the Open University have described the…
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1 October 2015
Commenting on the news that five Scottish universities were included in the top 200 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, UCU Scotland Official,…
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24 September 2015
Women and students from the poorest backgrounds will be hit hardest by planned government changes to the way tuition fees are paid back, warns a report released…
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17 September 2015
Plans due to be implemented at universities and colleges next week UCU warned today that government plans to clamp down on extremism in schools, colleges and universities…
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15 September 2015
Almost 500 jobs could disappear from seven Open University centres in England under controversial plans described as 'catastrophic' by UCU. Thousands of current…
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9 September 2015
Universities minister Jo Johnson delivered a speech to the annual Universities UK conference this morning. Responding to the speech UCU general secretary, Sally…
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