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25 April 2007
Responding to university application figures released today by the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), UCU warned government and universities not…
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24 April 2007
On Saturday 28 April, staff and students from North London colleges will demonstrate their opposition to the government's continued cuts in adult education and…
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19 April 2007
Ahead of a Lords debate today on the role universities are playing in shaping the future of the UK, the joint general secretary of UCU, Sally Hunt, warned that…
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10 April 2007
Academics are underpaid and overworked compared with other graduate professions, which is likely to have a knock-on effect on the quality of UK higher education…
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9 April 2007
Managers at Harlow College gave lecturers an unwelcome Easter present as they left to enjoy their holiday break. Staff were informed that on their return they will…
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29 March 2007
A flawed scheme to privatise a university department has been rejected by Oxford Brookes University after a vigorous campaign by staff to defend educational quality…
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28 March 2007
Lecturers at Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges are set to take strike action again today. This is the seventh strike in the long running pay dispute…
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23 March 2007
UCU joint general secretary, Paul Mackney, today responded to the comments made by skills minister Bill Rammell about changes in government plans for funding of…
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22 March 2007
UCU has responded to the Green Paper 'Raising Expectations: staying in education and training post-16' presented to the House of Commons today by Education Minister…
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22 March 2007
Funding increases for Scottish universities mean that redundancy threats are now entirely unnecessary, said UCU today. The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) allocations…
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