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8 March 2016
UCU Scotland today welcomed the passing of the Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Parliament. The vote by MSPs reforms the way universities…
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25 February 2016
UCU has warned that cutting staff numbers at Robert Gordon University will threaten teaching quality and undermine efforts to recruit more students. The union was…
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9 February 2016
University bosses in Scotland were amongst the top claimers in the UK for expenses including air travel and exclusive hotel accommodation. A report released today…
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5 February 2016
UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, will tell a conference today that staff and students must continue to make the case for a fairer education system. Sally Hunt…
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6 January 2016
Staff at Aberdeen University have voted again for industrial action in a row over job losses. Three-quarters (74%) of UCU members who voted backed strike action…
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17 December 2015
Commenting on the publication today of the Scottish Parliament's Education and Culture Committee's stage one report on the Higher Education Governance Bill, Mary…
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1 December 2015
Lecturers at the University of Aberdeen will tomorrow begin to receive ballot papers asking them to vote for industrial action. UCU is balloting members after the…
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19 November 2015
The introduction of different systems for funding further and higher education across the UK in recent years has led to dramatic variations in levels of public…
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28 October 2015
UCU Scotland today called for proper scrutiny of universities ahead of this afternoon's Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party debate on governance in Scottish…
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1 October 2015
Commenting on the news that five Scottish universities were included in the top 200 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, UCU Scotland Official,…
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