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26 January 2015
UCU members have voted to accept new proposals for their pensions and not restart a marking and assessment boycott at 69 UK institutions. Two-thirds (67.1%) of…
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19 January 2015
The most effective teacher training partnerships include universities as well as a range of schools, a government review has concluded today (Monday). The Carter…
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15 January 2015
Part-time student enrolments for UK higher education fell by 7% between 2012/13 and 2013/14, following a fall of 22% in the previous year when the part-time tuition…
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14 January 2015
UCU Scotland has today called on the Scottish government to introduce open and transparent elections for university governing bodies and for them to have a more…
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18 December 2014
UCU said today that academic and academic-related staff should be congratulated for their dedication and hard work, following the publication of the Research Excellence…
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17 December 2014
UCU responded to today's release of the government's science and innovation strategy by backing calls from the business, innovation and skills select committee…
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17 December 2014
Over half of graduates intending to continue with postgraduate study end up not doing so, and cite financial reasons as the biggest barrier to continuing their…
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16 December 2014
An influential group of MPs has torn into the government over its failings to account for public money as it rubberstamped the expansion of private for-profit colleges.…
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15 December 2014
Call for tougher legislation comes as BIS and the Student Loans Company are called to explain problems behind explosion of for-profit courses and distribution of…
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11 December 2014
UCU is today calling for a fundamental review of UK research. In a report released a week before this year's REF results, UCU says it wants to see a complete overhaul…
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