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25 September 2007
UCU today said that staff needed to be recognised for the extra 'unscheduled' work outside of teaching hours they put in with their students. A Higher Education…
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24 September 2007
On 21 September the board of Bournemouth University approved the compulsory redundancy of 50 academic posts. These are on top of some 70 posts lost through voluntary…
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13 September 2007
UCU president, Linda Newman, urged delegates at the TUC Congress in Brighton to back the union's fight against privatisation in further and higher education. Speaking…
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13 September 2007
UCU today warned that recent departmental closures in strategic subjects like the sciences must not be allowed to continue if the UK wants to ensure future students…
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12 September 2007
UCU today welcomed the positive results of the third National Student Survey (NSS). The survey of over 177,000 students revealed that over four fifths of students…
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12 September 2007
UCU will this lunchtime donate £2,000 to Justice for Colombia. The money has been donated by Sussex University UCU member, Jim Guild. Jim, a member of the union's…
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11 September 2007
Sally Hunt told delegates at the TUC Congress today that lifelong learning must be at the centre of the government's strategy for education and skills. Speaking…
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10 September 2007
UCU Scotland today welcomed the Scottish government's commitment to higher education in the skills strategy. The strategy states that: 'A steady flow of graduates…
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5 September 2007
UCU has warned the government that its proposed single equality law will make it even harder to tackle low pay among women academics. The union today called for…
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20 August 2007
UCU Scotland today celebrated the Scottish Executive's announcement of additional funding to allow Glasgow University to remain at the Crichton Campus. In February…
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