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26 March 2009
Responding to today's report on student employability by the Confederation of British Industry and Universities UK, UCU agreed that students getting work experience…
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26 March 2009
UCU said today that it was important to clarify any confusion surrounding HE staff pay rises. In an article in the Times Higher Education it was stated that the…
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26 March 2009
UCU has today called for better financial assistance for students. Responding to a report by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) on access agreements and bursary…
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25 March 2009
With thousands of jobs and dozens of departments under threat across UK higher and further education, UCU general secretary Sally Hunt has this week written to…
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24 March 2009
UCU today condemned the actions of Heriot-Watt University's outgoing principal, Professor Anton Muscatelli, in summoning staff to be warned individually of compulsory…
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20 March 2009
UCU today slammed the decision by the University of Reading to close its School of Health and Social Care. The union is angry that the university has ignored the…
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20 March 2009
Scottish universities overtly pro-business agendas, staff being forced to spy on their students and fighting redundancies are among the issues up for debate at…
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19 March 2009
UCU today accused university vice-chancellors of hypocrisy over staff pay and student fees as it was revealed that, following huge pay rises, they now earn, on…
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17 March 2009
UCU said today that vice-chancellors' desire to increase university tuition fees to as much as £20,000 a year was directly at odds with the view of the general…
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17 March 2009
UCU said today that any plans to increase university tuition fees would further damage plans to open up university to the brightest students, rather than just those…
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