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31 August 2019
UCU said a £400m funding pledge from the chancellor for further education fell 'well short' of reversing government cuts and restoring college budgets to 2010…
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29 August 2019
Staff at the Tower Hamlets branch of New City College will walk out on strike tomorrow in their sixth day of action as part of an ongoing row over pay and conditions.…
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2 August 2019
Jo Grady is UCU general secretary UCU general secretary Jo Grady officially started in the role yesterday. Speaking to Times Higher Education , she said that universities…
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1 August 2019
Welcoming an interim report from the Labour party's lifelong learning commission, UCU said the opportunity to learn throughout life is fundamental to society…
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30 July 2019
UCU has said it does not believe axing the skills minister is a positive move. The union was responding to news that former skills minister Anne Milton will not…
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26 July 2019
Declining satisfaction levels with USS as scheme refuses to publish full data Member satisfaction with the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has plummeted,…
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23 July 2019
Colleges should be repositioned at the heart of a lifelong learning system for the 21st century, says the Transformative Teaching and Learning in Further Education…
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12 July 2019
Racism in universities is "widespread and widely tolerated" On Saturday, the Guardian ran a huge expose of racism of university campuses. The paper said its findings,…
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8 July 2019
UCU has welcomed plans from the TUC to ensure that working people and education are at the heart of a transition towards a low-carbon greener economy. The TUC has…
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5 July 2019
71% of university staff say insecure contracts have damaged their mental health Staff in UK universities working on insecure contracts say the lack of security…
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