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3 December 2008
UCU today said the government's top priority had to be getting money to the 100,000 students still awaiting support payments nearly three months after they were…
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26 November 2008
Responding to The Mobile Economy report from think tank Reform, UCU said today that the report's proposals would be bad for students and bad for the country. UCU…
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25 November 2008
UCU said today that it welcomed a survey from the National Union of Students (NUS) and HSBC bank that reveals the majority of students highly rate the quality of…
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20 November 2008
UCU said today it welcomed plans to open up higher education to more of the population, but warned that contradictory government funding policy and the high price…
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10 November 2008
New research proves adult education is more vital than ever, says UCU, as statistics show the credit crunch is motivating millions to upgrade their skills. The…
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10 November 2008
UCU said today that new proposals for staff to monitor foreign students risked jeopardising the crucial relationship between students and staff. The union's general…
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29 October 2008
The government's statement that 'everyone with talent and ambition to enter higher education should be able to benefit from the opportunity' is clearly not borne…
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2 October 2008
Members of UCU at the University of East London (UEL) today issued a vote of no confidence in Jim McKenna, the university's chair of governors, and called on him…
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30 September 2008
Following the loss of 1.5 million learner places in the past two years, a new campaign to defend adult education will be launched today. The Campaigning Alliance…
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30 September 2008
UCU today rejected the call from Oxford University chancellor, Lord Patten, to relax the current £3,000-a-year cap on university tuition fees. Responding to Lord…
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