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13 March 2007
Women have been elected in the two key posts of the newly formed UCU. This afternoon Linda Newman was elected as the union's first president to create an all-female…
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9 March 2007
Sally Hunt has been elected as the first general secretary of the University and College Union. The union was formed on 1 June 2006 following a merger between the…
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13 February 2007
On 14 February, staff and students from Crichton Campus and from Glasgow University will lobby members of the University Court to maintain the Glasgow University…
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8 February 2007
UCU Scotland has written to the first minister urging him to intervene to avert a decision by Glasgow University court which would spell the beginning of the end…
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29 January 2007
Strathclyde University have announced that they intend to shed 250 jobs over the next three years through voluntary redundancies and natural wastage in a letter…
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24 January 2007
UCU responded today to Dundee University's announcement that jobs are under threat. UCU joint general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'The university clearly needs…
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9 January 2007
UCU has called for the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to rethink its list of bodies at risk of losing charitable status which includes universities, colleges…
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14 December 2006
Media release on Scottish Parliament manifesto
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30 November 2006
UCU has added its backing to an emergency fund for Iraqi academics. The fund, launched by the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA), will lobby the UK…
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21 November 2006
Disturbing levels of sleeplessness, anxiety and exhaustion amongst lecturers in colleges and universities will be revealed at a conference on tackling stress at…
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