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13 October 2006
UCU members at the University of Leeds have secured a victory against their management after going into dispute over the imposition of regrading on 1 June this…
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12 October 2006
UCU has responded to comments by higher education Minister Bill Rammell, in which he described a university's decision to ban the Muslim face veil as 'the best…
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12 October 2006
More than four fifths of academics (81 per cent) do not support government proposals for the future of research funding, according to a poll released today by UCU.…
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2 October 2006
UCU has welcomed improvements to maternity and adoption pay and leave, introduced on 1 October, and new rights to flexible working for some employees who provide…
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29 September 2006
The health of thousands of college and university staff is being put at risk by a shift in the focus of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) from inspection and…
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28 September 2006
Universities and colleges in England and Wales have been warned by their staff in UCU to expect closer examination of their fire safety arrangements from 2 October…
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25 September 2006
UCU joint general secretary, Paul Mackney, told a packed meeting at the Labour Party conference on Monday afternoon that UCU members in further education are 'the…
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22 September 2006
After a determined campaign by members and officials of UCU, an agreement of sector wide significance for older staff facing redundancy has been reached this week…
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21 September 2006
UCU has expressed its concerns over a story in today's Times Higher Education Supplement which has revealed that Liverpool University has seen a major increase…
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11 September 2006
Age discrimination is rife across our universities. Staff aged over 50 are the unhappiest in their jobs and almost half (43 per cent) would quit now if they could.…
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