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15 July 2010
UCU said today that its concerns about government plans for the future of university funding remained after a speech from the business secretary Vince Cable. The…
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15 July 2010
Ahead of a key speech by the business secretary, Vince Cable, on 15 July, UCU warned the government that a graduate tax had to be more than just a rebranding exercise…
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9 July 2010
UCU today welcomed the announcement from the minister for universities and science, David Willetts, that there would be a one-year delay in order to review proposed…
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8 July 2010
A quango is under fire today for funding university employers to the tune of £627,000 to help them make the case for reducing their staff's pensions. The Employers…
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8 July 2010
UCU warned today that universities should brace themselves for serious industrial disruption after it emerged that the chairman of the Universities Superannuation…
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8 July 2010
If the government pushes ahead with plans for 25% funding cuts then there will be a loss of 22,584 university jobs in England alone, according to new figures released…
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30 June 2010
UCU today said Lord Browne should resign from the review into the future of university funding if the process was to have legitimacy. It was announced today that…
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25 June 2010
UCU today welcomed the announcement by Staffordshire University that it will cancel plans to withdraw the university out of national pay bargaining. In a bulletin…
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25 June 2010
The row over university pensions looks set to intensify after UCU today demanded the employers come straight on five key questions raised by its members regarding…
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25 June 2010
UCU today said the removal of funding for student places at university was exactly the wrong move for the country at exactly the wrong time. The Higher Education…
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