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28 March 2008
UCU today welcomed the government's announcement of energy efficient new college buildings. On Tuesday 1 April the union will press colleges and universities to…
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27 March 2008
With latest student participation numbers for England showing less than a one percentage point increase in the last eight years, UCU today warned the government…
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27 March 2008
UCU said today that controversial government plans to axe degree funding for a huge swathe of higher education students must now be scrapped. The call comes after…
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20 March 2008
UCU today responded to a UUK report which reveals that demographic changes may reduce the number of UK 18-20 year olds applying to UK universities between now and…
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20 March 2008
Funding increases for Scottish universities announced today mean that there is no need to rush into redundancy threats, said UCU today. The Scottish Funding Council…
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13 March 2008
UCU said today that the results of a survey of vice-chancellors' pay sent out the wrong message to staff. The survey of vice-chancellors' pay from Times Higher…
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11 March 2008
UCU today joined the growing international uproar over the enforced retirement of Sheila Rowbotham, renowned feminist and historian, and currently professor at…
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11 March 2008
Medical professionals and educators have today warned that a failure to stop Strategic Health Authorities raiding money earmarked for health education and training…
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7 March 2008
UCU today responded to a government announcement that greater academic value will be attached to diplomas by introducing an extended diploma in 2011. University…
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5 March 2008
A lecturer at a further education college in Northern Ireland has won an employment tribunal ruling that she was treated unlawfully because her work is part-time.…
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