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17 September 2009
UCU Scotland welcomed the increase in the Scottish budget for universities with the government realising the importance of higher education in a recession. The…
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10 September 2009
UCU Scotland slams calls for the reintroduction of fees in Scotland and questions the legitimacy and wisdom of Lord Sutherland. Lord Sutherland called for the reintroduction…
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3 September 2009
UCU Scotland welcomed new figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) that revealed the vast majority of Scottish graduates find employment in Scotland…
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6 August 2009
UCU Scotland today said that it welcomed a survey from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) that reveals the majority of Scottish students are…
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16 July 2009
Scotland risks losing its proud reputation as a global leader in higher education, according to job loss figures released today by UCU. With nearly 300 jobs already…
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8 May 2009
Members of UCU at Strathclyde University will today lobby the university's top decision making body in protest over job losses and plans for reshaping of the university.…
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2 April 2009
A lack of additional funding for research has led to some Scottish universities suffering significant cuts in funding, said UCU today. Responding to the Scottish…
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24 March 2009
UCU today condemned the actions of Heriot-Watt University's outgoing principal, Professor Anton Muscatelli, in summoning staff to be warned individually of compulsory…
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20 March 2009
Scottish universities overtly pro-business agendas, staff being forced to spy on their students and fighting redundancies are among the issues up for debate at…
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13 March 2009
UCU Scotland will say today that long-term planning and proper investment in education are required if Scotland is to pull itself out of recession. Speaking at…
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