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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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20 February 2015
UCU said today that the time had come for the Labour party to announce its plans for university funding. Speculation about whether or not Labour will cut fees to…
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12 February 2015
UCU today welcomed Labour's guarantee to protect the education budget. In a speech this morning, Labour leader Ed Miliband said a Labour government would protect…
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12 February 2015
UCU today welcomed the Liberal Democrats' pledge, on the front page of its general election manifesto, to guarantee funding from nursery to college. The move would…
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2 February 2015
UCU says fairer tax on big business needed to fund universities Following speculation that Labour will cut tuition fees to £6,000 a year, but not guarantee to make…
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15 January 2015
Part-time student enrolments for UK higher education fell by 7% between 2012/13 and 2013/14, following a fall of 22% in the previous year when the part-time tuition…
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17 December 2014
UCU responded to today's release of the government's science and innovation strategy by backing calls from the business, innovation and skills select committee…
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11 December 2014
UCU is today calling for a fundamental review of UK research. In a report released a week before this year's REF results, UCU says it wants to see a complete overhaul…
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10 December 2014
Flexibility should be the key driver of apprenticeship reform, UCU told the Education Select Committee today. Giving evidence to the committee as part of its inquiry…
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4 December 2014
Students who take out a new loan to fund a master's degree will effectively be paying a 50% tax rate, said the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) today. UCU said…
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4 December 2014
Projected cuts to public spending on post-school education in the next parliament could cause serious damage to further and higher education, UCU said today. The…
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