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  • 27 April 2017

    Candidates standing in the Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region Mayoral elections on Thursday 4 May have been asked to sign up to a skills charter to demonstrate…

  • 31 March 2017

    Staff dissatisfied with how universities are run and don't feel respected More than three-quarters of university staff are dissatisfied with the way their institution…

  • 31 March 2017

    UCU and UNISON have accused Mid Cheshire College and Warrington Collegiate of "reckless behaviour", putting jobs at risk in an ill-advised merger that has failed…

  • 10 March 2017

    UCU attacks vice-chancellors after Lords amend higher education bill UCU this week thanked peers for making a series of amendments to the government's Higher Education…

  • 6 March 2017

    UCU Scotland today expressed deep concerns at the news that Heriot Watt University plans to shed 100 jobs. UCU Scotland official Mary Senior said: 'This is a deeply…

  • 27 February 2017

    More investment in further education is urgently required to rebuild capacity in the sector, UCU said today. The union was responding to the Institute for Fiscal…

  • 10 February 2017

    Education community needs to "take back control" in the world of post-truth politics, says Sally Hunt Ahead of tomorrow's Cradle To Grave conference in London,…

  • 3 February 2017

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn backs UCU FE campaign The TES reported this week that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has released a YouTube video backing UCU's campaign…

  • 27 January 2017

    MPs take evidence on the impact of Brexit on higher education There is real concern about the damage being done to higher education by Brexit, but also from government…

  • 23 January 2017

    Responding to government plans to invest £170m in technical education as part of an industrial strategy, UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'It is encouraging…