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23 February 2007
UCU today called on the university funding body HEFCE to immediately investigate a breach of its own guidance to universities on how to implement new statutory…
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23 February 2007
Government plans to restrict access to free English language classes needed by migrant workers would lead to increased risk of accidents at work - and risks to…
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22 February 2007
Government plans to restrict access to free English language courses will be opposed at a lobby of Parliament on Wednesday 28 February. At a meeting in the House…
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21 February 2007
UCU today responded to the provisional report of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion by calling for the government to listen to language tutors who are fearful…
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14 February 2007
UCU has welcomed today's launch of the Disability Rights Commission's 'Disability Agenda', which sets out the chief public policy challenges regarding disability…
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14 February 2007
UCU has welcomed the call this week by children's minister Beverley Hughes MP for all employees to be able to request flexible working - but says current legal…
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12 February 2007
The government has been accused of hypocrisy over its plan to withhold state benefits from jobless people who are unable to speak English and cannot demonstrate…
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31 January 2007
UCU has criticised the vice chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University for his recommendation that civil partnerships should not take place on university…
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18 January 2007
Dozens of organisations including the Children's Society, the Refugee Council and the shopworkers' union USDAW spoke out this week to warn the government that its…
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14 December 2006
College authorities from City of Bristol College have met police this week to discuss a recent incident when a student was arrested in the corridor outside his…
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