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27 July 2009
UCU today said it was very concerned that Lord Mandelson appeared to give a green light to higher university tuition fees for students in a speech on the future…
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24 July 2009
UCU today slammed the decision by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to reduce funding for university teaching by £65 million. The union said…
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23 July 2009
UCU today attacked the decision by the government and the Office For Fair Access (OFFA) to renege on a promise that the poorest students would have their full university…
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21 July 2009
UCU has backed calls for greater local access to higher education but warned that new recommendations for students to study some degrees for free, in return for…
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20 July 2009
UCU has welcomed the announcement by the business secretary Peter Mandelson that there would be an extra 10,000 student places at universities. However, the union…
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16 July 2009
UCU today said that it welcomed the promise from the prime minister that there would be extra student places at universities this year. However, the union warned…
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16 July 2009
UCU today said that a sharp rise in graduate unemployment and increasing numbers of students not completing their first year at university did little to help a…
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9 July 2009
UCU today said potential students risked seeing their dreams shattered as a poll revealed record numbers of state school children want to go on to higher education.…
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9 July 2009
UCU today welcomed a 9.7% rise in applicants to UK universities and colleges compared to the same time last year. The union said the government had to do more to…
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8 July 2009
UCU today said government plans to allow students to study some degree courses without having to pay tuition fees if they agreed not to take up any funding support…
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