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24 November 2011
UCU said today that the government had to urgently do more to help young people, as official figures revealed that almost one in five 16-24-year-olds (1,163,000)…
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18 November 2011
Birkbeck College has delivered a devastating assessment of the government's efforts to reform higher education after its academic board backed calls for the government…
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16 November 2011
UCU said today that an eighth successive monthly increase in youth unemployment figures had to prompt the government to deliver policies that would help the more…
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10 November 2011
Union says select committee right to highlight dangers of for-profit higher education providers and criticise delays to white paper UCU today backed calls for the…
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8 November 2011
UCU said today that government plans to shake up teacher training risked decimating the professionalism of teaching. The union was responding to plans from education…
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31 October 2011
UCU said today (Monday) that the old one-size fits all approach to university applications is outdated and allows people most adept at navigating the system, rather…
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25 October 2011
Public spending on education in the UK is falling at the fastest rate since the 1950s, according to a report released today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies…
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24 October 2011
Survey also reveals A-level students considering cheapest options or not going to university The number of people applying to university has dropped by 9% compared…
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20 October 2011
UCU said today that the late decision by the university regulator to allow universities to reset their fee levels for 2012-13 exposed the utter mess of the government's…
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13 October 2011
Colleges are having to top up government bursaries in order to help vulnerable students stay in education, warns a new study released today. The survey of 182 colleges…
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