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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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19 November 2009
UCU today called on the government to simplify the vast and varied qualifications and funding streams in further education. The union said the current mess was…
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17 November 2009
UCU today called for intervention from the Treasury to resolve the building crisis in further education that claimed its first victim last week. Brooklands College…
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11 November 2009
UCU today said any positive news in today's Skills for Growth - The National Skills Strategy, launched by Lord Mandelson, would be lost in the confusion over the…
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9 November 2009
Secret government plans to axe staff in further education colleges to meet huge budget cuts would make a mockery of the government's much-vaunted commitment to…
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9 November 2009
UCU today said the fees review, announced this morning by Lord Mandelson, had to properly scrutinise every aspect of university funding and not just tuition fees…
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8 November 2009
UCU today said the government had to listen to the general public as it prepares to launch a review into the future of higher education funding. On the eve of the…
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4 November 2009
UCU said today that universities should be congratulated for the impressive, and largely unrecognised, work they do in generating wealth for the economy. A report…
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