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8 April 2009
Responding to an announcement by Assembly Government Ministers of additional funding for further education, UCU said it was a 'victory for the campaigning and hard…
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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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1 April 2009
UCU has backed calls for intervention from the treasury to resolve the current building crisis in further education. Responding to a critical report from Sir Andrew…
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1 April 2009
Hundreds of lecturers and students will demonstrate at the Welsh Assembly on 1 April in protest at funding cuts to further education colleges. UCU has organised…
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1 April 2009
UCU will today urge the government to deliver on its own promises to reconnect with the public over the issue of university funding. The union's general secretary,…
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25 March 2009
Staff will be protesting at Welsh further education colleges on 25 March over budget cuts that they warn will seriously hamper the recovery of the Welsh economy.…
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23 March 2009
UCU today welcomed the government's new white paper on informal adult education, and its pledge to spend an additional £20 million on adult learning partnerships.…
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19 March 2009
UCU and UNISON have called for urgent action from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to save college building projects. The unions have written to the LSC calling…
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12 March 2009
UCU Scotland today called on the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to drastically alter its draft corporate plan and called for a longer consultation period. The union…
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11 March 2009
Protestors at the University of Reading will today call on the institution to abandon plans to close its School of Health and Social Care. Staff and students will…
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