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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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7 December 2006
Today, as the high court referred a case on compulsory retirement at 65 to the European Court of Justice, UCU warned that preventing employees from working beyond…
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5 December 2006
UCU has responded to the Leitch report - an independent review of the UK's long term skills needs - which was published today. UCU joint general secretary Paul…
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4 December 2006
Groundbreaking new legal duties introduced today in England, Scotland and Wales could greatly improve the prospects of disabled people working or hoping to work…
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10 November 2006
Colleges and universities are failing to prevent unfair disadvantage to their ethnic minority staff, and should work more closely with unions to resolve this, according…
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25 October 2006
Talks to address a discriminatory pay system at Havering College have begun to make progress, says lecturers' union UCU. Lecturers felt so strongly about the system…
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19 October 2006
Community affairs minister Ruth Kelly must resign if she continues to obstruct equal rights for gays and lesbians, says UCU. The union, representing 110, 000 lecturers…
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18 October 2006
The Equality Challenge Unit, Universities UK and NUS have criticised draft government plans to monitor Muslim students. ECU has issued a statement of explicit support…
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16 October 2006
UCU has responded to reports this morning that university staff may be asked to spy on Asian-looking and Muslim students. Commenting on the impact the proposed…
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12 October 2006
UCU has responded to comments by higher education Minister Bill Rammell, in which he described a university's decision to ban the Muslim face veil as 'the best…
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2 October 2006
UCU has welcomed improvements to maternity and adoption pay and leave, introduced on 1 October, and new rights to flexible working for some employees who provide…
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