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22 March 2011
UCU today (Tuesday) warned that government plans to restrict the number of students allowed to enter the country would damage the UK's international reputation…
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17 March 2011
UCU today welcomed findings for the BBC, which it said shone a light on the real level of debt students would face under the government's new plans for student…
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17 March 2011
UCU says that purely financial targets should not be main driver of UK universities. UCU said today that funding cuts to universities in England, a year before…
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16 March 2011
UCU Scotland has called for a greater contribution from business to fund higher education. Ahead of a major announcement on higher education funding in the Scottish…
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15 March 2011
Members of UCU at colleges and universities across the UK will be on strike on Thursday 24 March in a row over changes to pension schemes, jobs losses and pay cuts.…
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8 March 2011
As access regulator sets out guidance for universities wishing to charge higher fees, UCU calls on government to look again at 'shambolic' and 'untried' system.…
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Universities at greater risk of bankruptcy under new fees regime, warns National Audit Office report4 March 2011
The number of universities at risk of financial trouble is likely to increase under the government's proposals to axe large parts of universities' teaching budgets…
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3 March 2011
Responding to this morning's publication of the Wolf review of vocational education, UCU said young people needed access to a broad curriculum and must not be forced…
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2 March 2011
UCU today said universities faced rolling industrial action from Monday 21 March if the current row over the future of staff pensions could not be resolved. UCU…
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2 March 2011
UCU said today that the universities minister, David Willetts's attempts to encourage universities to limit fees to around £6,000 for arts and humanities courses…
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