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4 December 2006
Groundbreaking new legal duties introduced today in England, Scotland and Wales could greatly improve the prospects of disabled people working or hoping to work…
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30 November 2006
UCU has added its backing to an emergency fund for Iraqi academics. The fund, launched by the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA), will lobby the UK…
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29 November 2006
UCU said today that for widening participation to really succeed potential students must have access to the courses they want to study and not be stopped, or put…
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29 November 2006
UCU today welcomed the decision by Oxford University academics to reject proposals to hand control of the university's affairs to an outside body. UCU joint general…
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28 November 2006
UCU today said that staff and universities must be properly resourced if the UK is to be able to maintain its position as a global leader. Responding to the 'Higher…
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23 November 2006
Today's Times Higher Education Supplement has reported that the education secretary, Alan Johnson, has written to the Higher Education Funding Council for England…
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21 November 2006
Disturbing levels of sleeplessness, anxiety and exhaustion amongst lecturers in colleges and universities will be revealed at a conference on tackling stress at…
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20 November 2006
This afternoon's decision to axe the physics department at Reading University is part of potentially irreversible decline of UK science that could soon see parts…
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17 November 2006
Guidance issued to colleges and universities on combating extremism on campus is an improvement on previous leaked drafts but won't solve all the problems and doesn't…
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15 November 2006
UCU has responded to elements in the Queen's speech regarding further and higher education. UCU joint general secretaries, Paul Mackney and Sally Hunt said: 'UCU…
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