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25 August 2009
UCU today welcomed the decision from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to award Kensington and Chelsea College the contract to provide prison education for…
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28 July 2009
UCU said today that a report from the Committee of Public Accounts on a 'very serious failure' in the management of the programme to refurbish and rebuild further…
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28 July 2009
UCU today said that universities must be allowed to play their full part in helping lift the country out of recession. Responding to a report from Universities…
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27 July 2009
UCU today said it was very concerned that Lord Mandelson appeared to give a green light to higher university tuition fees for students in a speech on the future…
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27 July 2009
Half of universities planning to axe staff are breaking the law by failing to carry out legally required equality impact assessments. UCU has written to the Equality…
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24 July 2009
UCU today slammed the decision by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to reduce funding for university teaching by £65 million. The union said…
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17 July 2009
UCU today welcomed a hard-hitting report from the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee into the fiasco of the college buildings programme in further…
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16 July 2009
UCU today said that it welcomed the promise from the prime minister that there would be extra student places at universities this year. However, the union warned…
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16 July 2009
UCU today said that a sharp rise in graduate unemployment and increasing numbers of students not completing their first year at university did little to help a…
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16 July 2009
The UK is in the midst of a crisis in education as the recession hits universities and colleges, according to job loss figures released today by UCU. The union…
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