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17 May 2007
UCU has awarded its first two 'Life Changers' grants of £3,000 to a reformed criminal and an eminent criminologist. Joe Baden and Professor Dick Hobbs were voted…
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17 May 2007
UCU has welcomed a report by the Education and Skills Committee which is highly critical of the government's implementation of proposals for 14-19 diplomas. UCU…
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15 May 2007
Bradford College management and UCU today jointly condemned government policies which are jeopardising 124 adult education courses. Courses at risk include art,…
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3 May 2007
Only a third of UK universities have a student to staff ratio under the international average UCU today said it was unacceptable that the student to staff ratio…
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2 May 2007
UCU has welcomed today's decision of the London Employment and Skills Board (LESB) to commit £15 million to protect the teaching of ESOL (English for Speakers of…
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30 April 2007
UCU today welcomed the Education and Skills Committee's report on the Bologna process. The aims of the Bologna Process are to create greater mobility between European…
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27 April 2007
UCU today welcomed former education minister David Blunkett MP's support for calls for the government to rethink plans to restrict access to free courses in English…
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25 April 2007
UCU Scotland today warned that the decline in the number of applicants from Scotland is a cause of concern, after reviewing university application figures released…
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25 April 2007
Responding to university application figures released today by the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), UCU warned government and universities not…
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24 April 2007
On Saturday 28 April, staff and students from North London colleges will demonstrate their opposition to the government's continued cuts in adult education and…
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