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26 March 2010
The future of universities' role in Scotland, academic freedom, Facebook, student feedback and job losses are all on the agenda at the UCU Scotland Congress. The…
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25 March 2010
All Scottish universities will see a real terms reduction in their funding for the next academic year (2010/11), according to new funding allocations released today…
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12 March 2010
UCU Scotland has today welcomed the Scottish Funding Council's, SFC, decision to delay changes to the way it funds teaching in Scottish universities. The union…
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12 March 2010
The annual UCU Scotland Congress will be held in Aberdeen this year on Friday 26 March 2010 starting at 10am. Higher education funding, defending members’ jobs…
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8 February 2010
UCU Scotland criticised the Scottish government for slashing the numbers of new student teachers by over 1,500 (40%) this year. The union said the move would compromise…
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8 February 2010
UCU Scotland states that students would have their dreams of a university education shattered as an unprecedented increase in applications leads to a fight for…
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26 January 2010
UCU Scotland will hold a lobby outside the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday (27 January) as part of UCU's 'Defend jobs, defend education' campaign. The lobby will…
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19 January 2010
UCU welcomed the employment tribunal's decision to reject Stirling University's attempts to force a preliminary hearing in its case with UCU over job cuts. The…
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9 December 2009
UCU has warned that proposed changes to how teaching in Scottish universities is funded risked delivering inadequate and inaccurate levels of funding. The Scottish…
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2 December 2009
UCU has welcomed the appointment of Michael Russell as Scotland's new Cabinet Secretary for Education. The appointment comes on the eve of UCU's Holyrood lobby…
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