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27 May 2017
The Conservatives have been an 'unmitigated disaster' for people working in education, UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said today. Speaking at the in Brighton,…
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26 May 2017
UCU has called on Durham University to halt plans to scrap its social work degrees. Under recommendations as part of the university's 10-year strategy, the two-year…
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25 May 2017
It will take 40 years to close the academic gender pay gap, warns a new report from UCU. The report reveals that, in 2015/16, UK universities had a 12% overall…
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19 May 2017
The University and College Union (UCU) has criticised "short-sighted" plans to cut 49 jobs at Southampton Solent University. The job losses are part of the university's…
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18 May 2017
Responding to commitments in the Conservative party manifesto to keep international students in net migration targets and toughen visa rules, UCU general secretary,…
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11 May 2017
The Labour party's leaked manifesto indicates that Labour would abolish tuition fees and re-instate maintenance grants if they were elected. The University and…
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10 May 2017
The University of Manchester has set out plans to axe 171 jobs, leaving 926 staff uncertain about their future. The university says it wants to cut 140 academic…
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9 May 2017
The next government must invest more in education and support people to improve their skills regardless of age, background or location, says the University and…
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9 May 2017
UCU members at Manchester Metropolitan University will be on strike later this month after they overwhelmingly backed industrial action. Four-fifths of UCU members…
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5 May 2017
A dispute at the University of Brighton over job losses, working conditions and union rights is over after members of the University and College Union (UCU) today…
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