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8 February 2011
UCU today said that Cambridge University's plans to charge the full £9,000 fee with limited support for students from less well-off backgrounds exposed the problems…
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7 February 2011
Responding to today's announcement from the government that over 100,000 apprenticeships will be created, UCU warned that thousands of young people could still…
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4 February 2011
Warning comes on same day as Labour leader says that young people will be worse off than their parents The head of UCU, Sally Hunt, today wrote to the education…
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3 February 2011
An esteemed North East based pharmacy lecturer has resigned from his post in protest at how he believes the new system of university finance, which will see tuition…
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2 February 2011
Universities to lose £190m between April and July UCU today accused the government of delivering another 'slap in the face' to the higher education sector and warned…
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2 February 2011
UCU today slammed the decision by Newcastle College to axe 120 teaching jobs at its main college site. The college have presented the union with plans for over…
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29 January 2011
The general secretary of UCU will today tell protestors at a Manchester demonstration that the government is betraying an entire generation of young people through…
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27 January 2011
UCU today accused the government of ducking further scrutiny of its 'punitive' plans for university funding after it added reforms to the student loans system in…
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26 January 2011
UCU today responded to figures on graduate unemployment published today, which show that it has reached a 10-year high with one in five recent graduates unable…
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26 January 2011
Following on from November's march that saw 50,000 students, lecturers and supporters protesting against higher tuition fees and cuts in teaching and support in…
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