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27 March 2008
UCU said today that controversial government plans to axe degree funding for a huge swathe of higher education students must now be scrapped. The call comes after…
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20 March 2008
Funding increases for Scottish universities announced today mean that there is no need to rush into redundancy threats, said UCU today. The Scottish Funding Council…
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18 March 2008
Thirty colleges are owed money as a result of the collapse of the private training provider Carter & Carter, according to the latest media reports. UCU's head of…
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13 March 2008
UCU said today that the results of a survey of vice-chancellors' pay sent out the wrong message to staff. The survey of vice-chancellors' pay from Times Higher…
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11 March 2008
UCU has called for an end to government efforts to bring a market into further education, after the collapse of training company Carter & Carter. Carter & Carter…
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11 March 2008
Medical professionals and educators have today warned that a failure to stop Strategic Health Authorities raiding money earmarked for health education and training…
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3 March 2008
UCU today welcomed ideas to open up HE to more of the population but warned that contradictory government funding policy and the high price of studying could severely…
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21 January 2008
UCU today said it agreed with government ambitions to increase the number of students in our universities and to widen participation from groups traditionally excluded.…
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17 January 2008
Opponents of proposed government changes to funding for higher education will today give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the proposals. The Minister for…
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10 January 2008
The fall in the number of first-year enrolments in England and Northern Ireland universities in 2006-2007, where variable tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year must…
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