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13 October 2017
Apprenticeship starts drop by 61% after levy introduced The number of people starting apprenticeships between May and July fell by 61% compared to the previous…
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13 October 2017
Leeds North West MP Alex Sobel is the latest politician to come out in support of striking UCU members at the University of Leeds. He says the university should…
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11 October 2017
Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn has come out in support of staff on strike at the University of Leeds in a row over changes to the university's dismissal policies.…
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11 October 2017
Staff at the University of Leeds will take three consecutive days of strike action starting tomorrow (Wednesday) in a dispute over changes to the university's dismissal…
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5 October 2017
To mark World Teachers' Day, UCU has written to the universities minister Jo Johnson today (Thursday) asking him to improve protections for academic freedom in…
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5 October 2017
Staff at the University of Leeds will take three consecutive days of strike action next week in a dispute over changes to the university's dismissal policies. The…
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4 October 2017
Members of UCU at the University of Manchester are planning to strike later this month after they overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a row over 140 job…
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2 October 2017
UCU has today responded to the government announcement that tuition fees would be frozen at £9,250 and the student loan repayment threshold raised from £21,000…
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26 September 2017
Commenting on Labour's draft ten-point charter for a National Education Service, UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said: 'This draft charter is a great starting…
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15 September 2017
Responding to news that the education select committee is launching an inquiry into value for money at universities, UCU said the time had come to look at pay levels…
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