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21 March 2007
UCU today said the chancellor needed to demonstrate his commitment to all areas of education. The union welcomed the extra money for the education sector, but warned…
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16 March 2007
Members of the Manchester University branch of UCU have slammed university mismanagement and plans for 400 redundancies. At a packed meeting of the lecturers' union,…
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16 March 2007
The UK's newest university, Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, has become embroiled in an age discrimination row after refusing to extend the contract of a 65-year-old…
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13 March 2007
Women have been elected in the two key posts of the newly formed UCU. This afternoon Linda Newman was elected as the union's first president to create an all-female…
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12 March 2007
UCU today responded to a review of foreign language teaching, which recommends lessons should be compulsory for the first time in England's primary schools. UCU…
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9 March 2007
Sally Hunt has been elected as the first general secretary of the University and College Union. The union was formed on 1 June 2006 following a merger between the…
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8 March 2007
A University of Ulster lecturer whose fixed term contract was not renewed was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against, a Northern Ireland industrial tribunal…
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1 March 2007
UCU has today responded to the spending review bid issued by Universities UK (UUK). UCU joint general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'We hope that vice-chancellors…
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1 March 2007
The recurrent funding increase for English higher education institutions in 2007-2008 will actually leave many universities with real terms reductions, UCU said…
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27 February 2007
UCU today said the prime minister was wrong to praise his top-up fees policy and that their full impact is yet to be realised or properly analysed. Responding to…
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