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25 February 2010
UCU today said the challenges facing the higher education sector could not be solved with buzzwords and jargon. Responding to 'The higher education workforce framework…
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24 February 2010
UCU releases details of regions' 'qualification deserts' UCU today said the current jungle of further education funding streams was a nightmare to negotiate and…
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23 February 2010
UCU today welcomed the news from Northern Ireland that there won't be an increase in university tuition fees. The union said it was pleased that the university…
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11 February 2010
UCU today said Lord Mandelson would be better off engaging with academics instead of insulting them. Responding to the business secretary's speech earlier today,…
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11 February 2010
UCU said today that forcing students to pick up the bill for higher education was an astonishingly weak, but somewhat predictable conclusion from the Policy Exchange.…
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9 February 2010
Trade unions representing staff at the University of Westminster have accused the institution of plucking figures from the air to try and justify a round of 'punishing…
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8 February 2010
UCU Scotland criticised the Scottish government for slashing the numbers of new student teachers by over 1,500 (40%) this year. The union said the move would compromise…
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8 February 2010
UCU said today that thousands of students would have their dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts. The union said the rise in applications…
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8 February 2010
UCU today warned that 15,000 jobs were at risk across higher education if punitive government funding cuts went ahead. The union said that the government had to…
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2 February 2010
UCU has called on the government to abandon plans for adult learning cuts after college leaders warned that hundreds of courses may face the axe A survey by the…
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