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19 April 2007
Ahead of a Lords debate today on the role universities are playing in shaping the future of the UK, the joint general secretary of UCU, Sally Hunt, warned that…
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17 April 2007
UCU joint general secretary, Sally Hunt, today sent letters of condolence to colleagues in America following yesterday's tragic shooting at Virginia Tech. In the…
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10 April 2007
Academics are underpaid and overworked compared with other graduate professions, which is likely to have a knock-on effect on the quality of UK higher education…
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29 March 2007
A flawed scheme to privatise a university department has been rejected by Oxford Brookes University after a vigorous campaign by staff to defend educational quality…
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26 March 2007
UCU today responded to figures released this morning from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on the number of foreign students at UK universities and…
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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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