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21 September 2009
UCU today (Monday) said a CBI report might call for new thinking with regards to HE funding, but merely lists a number of ways to make UK students pick up the bill…
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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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15 September 2009
TUC Congress today (Tuesday) backed calls from UCU for greater investment in education. In the education debate delegates unanimously backed a UCU motion that rejected…
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26 August 2009
UCU has said that tinkering with the current higher education funding system was not enough to solve its problems. The union said that a complete overhaul was required…
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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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