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14 July 2014
Edinburgh Napier University is under fire after it was revealed that it is advertising lecturer posts on zero-hours contracts. UCU has today written* to the institution…
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9 July 2014
Leaked memo reveals extraordinary request for volunteers to cover sacked staff • Royal visit cancelled as staff set to walk out in protest at job loss plans King's…
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8 July 2014
More than half of young people would rather do an apprenticeship than go to university, if there was an apprenticeship in a job they wanted to do, according to…
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7 July 2014
Staff will be protesting at Plymouth University on Wednesday 9 July in an ongoing row about job losses. Staff protesting against further job losses as university…
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7 July 2014
Prospective university students will be encouraged to ask difficult questions at open days as part of a campaign for greater transparency in higher education launched…
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3 July 2014
UCU says staff and students need seats at the table when universities decide vice-chancellors' pay Goldsmiths has become the first university to allow a student…
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3 July 2014
Strike action next Thursday coincides with Princess Anne opening new building Members of UCU will be on strike next Thursday (10 July) at King's College London…
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3 July 2014
Students in the UK have become more satisfied with their degrees over time, says a new report released today. Commenting on the findings, UCU general secretary,…
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26 June 2014
Lecturers at Dundee University will tomorrow begin working to contract in an escalation of their dispute with the university over plans to cut 120 jobs. The action*…
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26 June 2014
UCU today welcomed a report from the Royal Society outlining a series of proposals for the future of teaching STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and…
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