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28 February 2008
UCU has today responded to calls for an independent commission on university funding in Scotland. Commenting on the amendments to the Graduate Endowment Abolition…
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20 February 2008
UCU said today that increased support for pastoral care in universities is vital to encourage more students to stay on at university and complete their degree.…
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19 February 2008
Commenting on reports this morning that universities in financial difficulties are banking on money from increased student fees, UCU warned such a strategy was…
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14 February 2008
UCU said today it was not surprised a complex system of bursaries and grants and fears over debt were putting students from poor backgrounds off university. The…
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14 February 2008
UCU today said changes in the way university applications are counted must not be used to mask little progress being made in applications from students from lower…
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28 January 2008
UCU has responded to the news that McDonald's has been given official awarding body status to develop and award its own qualifications. UCU general secretary, Sally…
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24 January 2008
UCU today said the 12,000 students who missed out on £19m worth of financial support were let down by an over-complicated bursaries system. A report on access agreements…
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22 January 2008
UCU has welcomed a report out today which explores possible ways of tackling the underattainment of some ethnic minority students and women in higher education.…
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22 January 2008
UCU today said that while it recognised violent extremism was a serious issue the government wanted to tackle, it did not believe that again targeting universities…
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21 January 2008
UCU today said it agreed with government ambitions to increase the number of students in our universities and to widen participation from groups traditionally excluded.…
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