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4 January 2019
UCU says that UK universities are finding themselves hamstrung by the continued uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
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17 December 2018
Commenting on the decision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to reclassify some student loan payments as current government spending, the UCU said the…
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14 December 2018
Universities threatening jobs losses The Guardian reported on Wednesday that universities are warning of redundancies in the new year. The paper said that more…
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12 December 2018
UCU Scotland responded to the release of the draft Scottish government budget by stating the funding settlement failed to match 'politicians' warm words'. Commenting…
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11 December 2018
Members of UCU at Queen Margaret University are being balloted for strike action in a row over job losses. The ballot opens tomorrow and will close on Wednesday…
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7 December 2018
UCU dismisses colleges' "insulting" pay offer UCU yesterday described a pay offer of just 1% from the Association of Colleges (AoC) as a wholly inadequate response…
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7 December 2018
Universities must make tackling the 'unacceptable' race pay gap a priority, UCU said today. The union was responding to a BBC report which revealed that black and…
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6 December 2018
Eight schools and colleges sent as many pupils to Oxford or Cambridge over three years as three-quarters (2,900) of all schools and colleges, according to a report…
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5 December 2018
Responding to the appointment of Chris Skidmore as the universities minister, UCU head of policy and campaigns Matt Waddup said: 'The minister comes in at a crucial…
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3 December 2018
A new project at Heriot-Watt University partnered by UCU Scotland begins today looking to improve the recruitment and retention of disabled academics in the science…
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