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7 March 2017
UCU Scotland, today welcomed the increase to 40 per cent of pupils going into higher education but called on more to be done to close the opportunity gap. Responding…
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6 March 2017
UCU Scotland today expressed deep concerns at the news that Heriot Watt University plans to shed 100 jobs. UCU Scotland official Mary Senior said: 'This is a deeply…
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24 February 2017
UCU Scotland has today criticised the University of Edinburgh's decision to close a key course training primary school teachers. The university announced this week…
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24 February 2017
UCU report exposes university heads' pay rises and perks University heads received an average salary package of £277,834 for the academic year 2015/16 - an increase…
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22 February 2017
University principals received an average salary package of £277,834 for the academic year 2015/16 across the UK, with three Scottish principals appearing in the…
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5 December 2016
Members of UCU Scotland at the University of Aberdeen will walk out on Wednesday 7 December in an increasingly bitter dispute over job losses, downgrading of staff,…
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3 November 2016
Members of UCU Scotland at the University of Aberdeen are being balloted for strike action in a row over job losses. The row centres on planned cuts that have resulted…
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11 October 2016
The bodies representing university staff, students and principals have joined together to call on the Scottish government to offer certainty to EU students already…
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8 July 2016
A look back at some of the week's news EU nationals must not be used as pawns in Brexit negotiations, says UCU UCU this week called on the government and Conservative…
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6 July 2016
Members of the UCU Scotland at Glasgow University, Edinburgh University and the University of the West of Scotland will join the latest wave of UK wide strikes…
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