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18 January 2010
UCU today said ambitious government plans to expand opportunity at university looked ridiculous next to swingeing cuts across the higher education sector. The union…
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14 January 2010
UCU today accused the government of being in 'complete denial' over the impact of university funding cuts. Responding to claims in today's Guardian newspaper by…
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14 January 2010
UCU today welcomed the announcement by the Conservatives that they would suspend controversial new changes to the way university research is funded. In an interview…
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12 January 2010
UCU today called on the government to protect staff and students in higher education after warnings by university heads that up to 30 universities could be forced…
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7 January 2010
The United Kingdom risks a brain drain of top professors if it pushes ahead with controversial changes to how university research is funded, warns a survey released…
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15 December 2009
A giant Albert Einstein was in Westminster today for a photo opportunity as part of protests by UCU against plans to change research funding. The giant image of…
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6 December 2009
UCU today said that plans to fund a national service-style civilian scheme, paid for by increasing student debt, were absolutely ludicrous. The union said it was…
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3 December 2009
Nobel laureates and top academics back UCU campaign to defend research The academic community gave its clearest signal yet today that it was fighting back against…
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24 November 2009
UCU today said that further education colleges should be congratulated for their work following a positive report from Ofsted. One in five colleges (20%) was judged…
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20 November 2009
UCU today said that the UK risked being left behind as other countries put education at the heart of their fiscal stimuli. Responding to a speech by the chief executive…
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