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15 May 2008
A political refugee from Strathclyde who established law clinics to provide legal advice for people with nowhere else to turn and a tutor from Stoke on Trent who…
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14 May 2008
Lecturers at Northampton University today warned that they would fight any job cuts in the history department and called the financial reasoning behind the proposed…
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7 May 2008
Pay, academic freedom, the purpose of education, fighting against privatisation and combating climate change are just some of the topics to be debated by UCU further…
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29 April 2008
UCU's branch at Lancaster University has launched a petition against job threats in continuing education resulting from the government's short-sighted cuts in 'ELQ'…
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23 April 2008
UCU said today that any increase in university applications was to be welcomed, but that the real challenge is to deliver an increase in students from the poorest…
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14 April 2008
UCU today warned against allowing business too great an influence over the content and design of university courses. Responding to the High Level Skills consultation…
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11 April 2008
UCU today welcomed a report from the higher education statistics agency (HESA) that revealed a financially buoyant higher education sector. The union said that…
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8 April 2008
UCU said today that attempts to attract more students from poorer backgrounds were to be applauded, but the government had to recognise that a punitive financial…
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5 April 2008
Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary, expressed deep sadness today at the death of Steve Sinnott, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers. 'I am devastated…
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4 April 2008
Colleges and universities have been told to tighten their health and safety procedures or expect prosecutions, after an incident in which a lecturer was badly injured…
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