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20 July 2021
Responding to funding reforms announced today by the Office for Students, UCU condemned the cuts as the biggest attack on the arts in living memory. Huge government…
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20 July 2021
UCU has today responded to the HEPI report into attitudes to higher education. UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: 'The level of hostility towards decolonising…
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15 July 2021
Members of UCU voted to ballot for industrial action over plans to shut the University of Sheffield's archaeology department, which has been targeted for closure…
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14 July 2021
UCU said proposals to end BTECs would harm access to education. The union was responding to plans from government to reform post-16 qualifications. The plans…
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12 July 2021
UCU said the government was risking the safety of staff and students by lifting all Covid-19 restrictions whilst Covid-19 rates are climbing. The union was responding…
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9 July 2021
UCU hit the University of Liverpool with the ultimate sanction of an international academic boycott over the university's refusal to halt the sacking of 21 health…
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9 July 2021
Varsity has reported that the University of Cambridge is set to enter into a £400m financial deal with the United Arab Emirates. UCU said the proposed deal was…
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9 July 2021
The latest figures from UCAS show that record numbers of people are applying to study at university.
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8 July 2021
UCU Scotland has responded to the latest UCAS data released today.
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7 July 2021
New contracts will be 'life changing' for associate lecturers, says UCU UCU welcomed a transitional agreement reached with the Open University (OU) to ensure improved…
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