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13 August 2020
UCU said ministers have to stop trying to pull a rabbit out of the hat to fix the A-levels fiasco The union said ministers should use teacher predictions, as happened…
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11 August 2020
A U-turn from deputy first minister John Swinney on exam results is to be welcomed and the rest of the UK must now ensure no students miss out because of faulty…
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11 August 2020
More than four in five of the 128 university, school and college leaders who responded to a survey from UCU want to explore a radical overhaul of the university…
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7 August 2020
"Towns and cities will fail if universities do" UCU's groundbreaking work looking at the impact universities have on local jobs and economies continued to pick…
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3 August 2020
The University of Oxford has been accused of flouting government guidelines on reopening universities. The university has refused to share health and safety risk…
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31 July 2020
New study demonstrates huge local economic impact of universities amid bankruptcy fears Universities typically support up to one additional job in the immediate…
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31 July 2020
Universities typically support up to one additional job in the immediate local economy for every person they directly employ, according to a new analysis by Hatch…
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24 July 2020
Universities to cut thousands of academics on fixed-term contracts On Monday, the Financial Times reported that UK universities are cutting thousands of academics…
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23 July 2020
UCU has welcomed calls by the Labour Party for the government to ensure no university is allowed to fail, but said that more needed to be done now to protect the…
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23 July 2020
Staff, students, politicians and authors will be among the protesters at an online rally protesting against the University of Portsmouth's plans to slash jobs in…
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