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23 April 2013
Defending education and protecting funding for the knowledge economy are key themes of this year's UCU annual congress, where delegates will be encouraged to promote…
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10 April 2013
The gap between boys and girls going to university from the poorest backgrounds widened in the first year of the new tuition fees regime, according to new analysis…
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3 April 2013
UCU said today (Wednesday) that any new money for colleges was to be welcomed, but said far greater investment was required to open up opportunity to the thousands…
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28 March 2013
£5k pay increase for university bosses as staff endure real-terms pay cut. University vice-chancellors were criticised today for enjoying significant pay rises…
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20 March 2013
Chancellor says education is key long-term policy, but fails to back warm words with investment Education is key to driving growth and ensuring the country can…
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18 March 2013
UCU today said Lord Heseltine's report needed to genuinely embrace democratic collaboration at a local level if people were to access decent education. The recommendations…
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15 March 2013
UCU today said a robust, open and fair bidding process was needed to ensure the long-term viability of decent education for students in Kent. The union was responding…
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15 March 2013
A report released today warns that some universities will need to work hard to increase surpluses to meeting borrowing obligations. The report¹ says that if surpluses…
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14 March 2013
UCU today welcomed warm words from the government regarding apprenticeships and drew attention to the huge contribution they are predicted to make to the economy…
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14 March 2013
Young people from the most advantaged backgrounds are three times more likely to go university than those from the least and they are six to nine times more likely…
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