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29 January 2013
A report, published today by UCU, warns that at the current pace of change it will take almost 40 years (38.8) for the proportion of female professors to reach…
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23 January 2013
Young people need access to better careers guidance says a report from the Education Committee of MPs released today. The report also argues that careers guidance…
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21 January 2013
As the Conservative's new education spokesperson in the Lords, John Nash, is officially 'introduced' today, UCU highlighted how he has already benefited from the…
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21 January 2013
Opponents of plans to privatise the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) are meeting tomorrow night at 5pm to consider the next steps in their campaign to halt…
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14 January 2013
State funding for teaching in English universities is being cut by 25% in 2013-14, compared with 2012-13, according to figures released today. The analysis, by…
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10 January 2013
Vice-chancellors at Britain's most selective universities were criticised today for enjoying huge pay rises as their staff endured year-on-year real terms pay cuts.…
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3 January 2013
The number of people applying to go to university in 2013 has slumped by 5.6% overall, with the biggest drop in England (6.5%), compared to the same time a year…
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19 December 2012
Overall funding up, but teaching and research support cut UCU Scotland welcomed a real terms increase in funding for universities, but raised concerns that the…
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18 December 2012
UCU said today (Tuesday) that government plans to strip away the rights of people facing redundancy were another damaging blow for post-16 education, which has…
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13 December 2012
Commenting on the drop in the number of students at university this year, UCU said the record fall represented a failure of the government's higher education policies.…
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