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2 June 2011
QS world rankings released today warn that huge cuts to arts and humanities funding will damage the UK's international reputations. UCU general secretary, Sally…
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1 June 2011
Over 100 more redundancies are planned at Salford University as the university continues to spend millions in the ambitious MediaCityUK project. The university…
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31 May 2011
Commenting on new figures showing a 0.8% rise in university applicants on this time last year, UCU said thousands will lose out, including many for whom this could…
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29 May 2011
The general secretary of UCU will today launch a scathing attack on the government's education policy. Sally Hunt will warn delegates at the union's annual Congress…
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28 May 2011
Members of UCU this afternoon voted to step up their campaign of industrial action in an increasingly bitter row over changes to their pensions. The escalation…
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26 May 2011
Responding to government figures released today, which show that the number of 16-24-year-olds not in employment, education or training in England is just under…
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26 May 2011
UCU said today that £600m earmarked for universities working with businesses was little more than a 'gimmick' when put alongside the 'deep and damaging cuts' that…
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25 May 2011
UCU today said that while it welcomed news that targeted funds had ensured some strategic and vulnerable subjects had flourished at universities, there was a real…
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22 May 2011
A report from the government-funded Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has warned that the government's policy of encouraging 'for-profit' higher…
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17 May 2011
Deputy prime minister's warm words cannot mask his government's policies. As the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, joins social mobility experts from across the…
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