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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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21 March 2007
UCU today said the chancellor needed to demonstrate his commitment to all areas of education. The union welcomed the extra money for the education sector, but warned…
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15 March 2007
UCU has written to chancellor Gordon Brown urging him to make a special allocation of funds to the DfES to protect courses in ESOL (English for speakers of other…
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12 March 2007
A £25 million reduction in funding for adult education in London is set to exacerbate the impact of government plans to restrict access to free English language…
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7 March 2007
The union representing teachers of adult English language classes today urged chancellor Gordon Brown to demonstrate 'joined up' government and commit to greater…
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5 March 2007
UCU members are being encouraged to sign a European TUC online petition in support of quality public services in the European Union. The aim is collect 1 million…
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1 March 2007
UCU has today responded to the spending review bid issued by Universities UK (UUK). UCU joint general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'We hope that vice-chancellors…
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