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26 May 2011
UCU said today that £600m earmarked for universities working with businesses was little more than a 'gimmick' when put alongside the 'deep and damaging cuts' that…
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25 May 2011
UCU today said that while it welcomed news that targeted funds had ensured some strategic and vulnerable subjects had flourished at universities, there was a real…
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24 May 2011
Members of the UCU Scotland and the Educational Institute of Scotland are holding a lobby outside the Scottish Parliament at 12noon in defence of jobs and education.…
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22 May 2011
A report from the government-funded Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has warned that the government's policy of encouraging 'for-profit' higher…
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20 May 2011
Members of the UCU from across Scotland will hold a lobby outside the Scottish Parliament at 12 noon on Tuesday (24 May) in defence of jobs and education The demonstration,…
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19 May 2011
UCU Scotland welcomes the re-appointment of Mike Russell as Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning. Mike Russell has been responsible for higher…
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18 May 2011
UCU announced today that it's ending its dispute with Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), after the university agreed to drop its threat of compulsory redundancies.…
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17 May 2011
Deputy prime minister's warm words cannot mask his government's policies. As the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, joins social mobility experts from across the…
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11 May 2011
UCU today warned that universities could face a major programme of sustained industrial action. An increasingly bitter row over the future of staff pensions looks…
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10 May 2011
UCU today warned the government against encouraging the growth of for-profit providers, after it was revealed that Kaplan Higher Education, who runs courses at…
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