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21 July 2011
UCU today questioned the point of Simon Hughes's report on access to education. The union said there was little point in a report published after key decisions…
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19 July 2011
The education select committee has today criticised the way the government handled the shutting down of the education maintenance allowance (EMA). The EMA was a…
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18 July 2011
Almost 60,000 women studying English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) could be priced out of education if the government pushes ahead with planned changes…
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15 July 2011
UCU said today that government plans to shut Latchmere and Brockhill prisons in September and transfer a further eight into the private sector made a mockery of…
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12 July 2011
Two-thirds of universities will have a maximum fee level of £9,000 and a third of them will charge the full fee for all courses. UCU said today that it was not…
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11 July 2011
A meeting between the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) and representatives of the higher education trade unions took place today (Monday).…
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8 July 2011
A quarter of a million people on benefits may be priced out of education if the government pushes ahead with planned changes to benefit system, warns new research…
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8 July 2011
A report released today by the Sutton Trust reveals that just five institutions sent more children to Oxbridge than 2,000 others combined UCU said the report highlighted…
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7 July 2011
UCU today warned Worcester College of Technology that it could face industrial action in a row over jobs and pay. UCU members at the college will meet tomorrow…
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6 July 2011
Members of the UCU at Leeds College of Building are taking strike action today in a row over job losses and pay. Staff will be on picket lines this morning at the…
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