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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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17 January 2008
Opponents of proposed government changes to funding for higher education will today give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the proposals. The Minister for…
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10 January 2008
The fall in the number of first-year enrolments in England and Northern Ireland universities in 2006-2007, where variable tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year must…
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9 January 2008
UCU today said the prime minister's response to a question about funding changes for university degrees revealed the contradictory nature of the policy. Asked at…
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7 December 2007
UCU today called for joined-up government thinking on the issue of translation services. As communities secretary, Hazel Blears, published new guidance on translation…
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6 December 2007
UCU today welcomed the announcement by the Innovation, Universities and Skills select committee that it is to conduct an inquiry into the government's decision…
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