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10 September 2024
Responding to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's speech to Trades Union Congress, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said Labour is allowing universities to decay.
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17 July 2024
UCU today responded to the King's Speech by calling on the government to ensure that workers are prioritised, and its New Deal for Working People is not diluted.…
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13 June 2024
Responding to the Labour Party's General Election manifesto, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: "Labour's recognition of post-16 education's importance to Britain…
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11 May 2021
UCU today responded to the Queen's Speech in which the government outlined its plans to reform post-16 skills and education.
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3 March 2021
UCU today described the chancellor's budget statement as a missed opportunity and called for more support for education staff as well as better mental health funding…
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21 January 2021
UCU has today responded to the publication of both the government's interim response to the Augar review of post-18 education and funding and the independent review…
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12 November 2020
UCU today said the government must invest in green skills as a way to drive the economy through the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing climate crisis.…
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2 October 2020
Manchester Metropolitan locked down 1,700 students on Friday night Last Friday night, Manchester Metropolitan University told around 1,700 students to self-isolate…
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30 September 2020
Firefighters and education staff have warned universities that it is "dangerous and illegal" to block or lock fire exits, after pictures emerged of a locked fire…
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29 September 2020
Responding to a speech by the prime minister on skills, UCU said further education desperately needed funding because of a decade of cuts under Conservative governments…
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