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30 April 2012
UCU has condemned proposals announced by Heriot-Watt University, to axe 25 % of staff in the school of textiles at its Borders campus in Galashiels. The cuts will…
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29 March 2012
New figures reveal that Scotland has the highest proportion of students dropping out of university in the UK. Almost one in 10 students (9.4% in 2009/10) dropped…
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23 March 2012
Michael Russell, cabinet secretary welcomes the HE governance review with the presidents of UCU and NUS Scotland. Addressing delegates and guests at UCU Scotland…
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23 March 2012
The cabinet secretary for education, Michael Russell, will be quizzed on his plans for higher education at UCU Scotland's annual congress. University governance,…
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13 March 2012
Scrutiny of university governance review in Holyrood is opportunity for politicians to confirm their commitment to key improvements, says union Ahead of the Education…
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23 February 2012
The number of full-time undergraduate courses on offer at UK universities has fallen by more than a quarter (27%) since 2006, according to a report published by…
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2 February 2012
UCU Scotland welcomes a report calling for increased involvement of staff and student unions in the governance of universities. The report by The Review of Higher…
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30 January 2012
The number of English students applying to Scottish universities has fallen 5.6% according to figures released by the university admissions service UCAS. The figures…
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21 December 2011
UCU Scotland welcomed the indicative funding allocations for universities for the next academic year 2012-13 as announced by the Scottish Funding Council (Wednesday…
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18 November 2011
University lecturers in Scotland have voted for strike action in the row over changes to public sector pensions. Members of the University and College Union (UCU)…
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