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17 August 2015
Unemployed youngsters want to work, but too many fear they never will warns report. Government plans to force young people to take part in three-week 'boot camps'…
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20 July 2015
Students from the poorest families will leave university owing 'substantially more' to the government than their richer peers, warns analysis of changes to student…
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16 July 2015
FE strike, university admissions, Open University dispute, University of Manchester jobs row, extremism curbs 'bland society' warning and Scottish politicians urged…
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16 July 2015
Commenting on data published today showing how universities and colleges are supporting students from poor backgrounds, UCU said some institutions needed to do…
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15 July 2015
Less than a quarter (23%) of pupils at state schools and colleges who studied A-levels had progressed to one of the most selective universities by age 19 in 2012/13,…
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15 July 2015
UCU said the government's plans would do nothing to improve workers' rights and exposed the government's plans as an attack on working people. UCU general secretary,…
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10 July 2015
The government would put the UK's proud reputation for international excellence at serious risk if it pushed through plans to make it easier for private colleges…
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8 July 2015
UCU has condemned plans in today's budget to convert university maintenance grants for low income students into loans of up to £8,200 and has said it will oppose…
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8 July 2015
UCU last night won the coveted best campaign award at the TUC/Warners Trade Union Communications Awards. The union picked up the gong for its work in fighting against…
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1 July 2015
Staff at the University of Wolverhampton will lobby members of the institution's governing body tomorrow in protest at plans to axe 19 professors by the end of…
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