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6 November 2014
As an assessment and marking boycott affecting over 1.2 million students starts today, UCU has written to the 69 affected universities* and warned of even greater…
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4 November 2014
Thousands of staff members at colleges and universities across the UK are being encouraged to put pressure on their MPs on 5 November as part of a day of action…
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31 October 2014
The suspended vice-chancellor of Plymouth University has received an overwhelming vote of no confidence from staff at the institution. In a ballot of UCU members,…
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30 October 2014
Moving teacher training away from universities and into schools, is leading to a shortage of teachers for key science, technology, engineering and maths subjects,…
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27 October 2014
UCU members in 69 UK universities* will begin an assessment boycott on Thursday 6 November. The assessment boycott will stop students being set coursework or receiving…
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24 October 2014
The University of Warwick is today the latest institution to break rank and criticise the universities' umbrella group Universities UK over its handling of changes…
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23 October 2014
Universities have once again been accused of using misleading information in a row about changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) - the pension scheme…
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23 October 2014
UCU today criticised proposals to replace government-backed student loans with contracts where students pay universities a proportion of their lifetime earnings.…
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21 October 2014
A University of Warwick professor suspended earlier this year has reportedly been cleared of any wrongdoing after a high-profile investigation. UCU welcomed the…
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20 October 2014
Staff have overwhelmingly backed plans for industrial action at 69 UK universities in a row over changes to pensions. In the ballot, 78% of members of the University…
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