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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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3 April 2020
Disadvantaged students could be the big losers under new assessment plans to replace exams this summer The union was responding to news from Ofqual about how GCSEs,…
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24 March 2020
Redundancy plans are at odds with university's pledge to support staff and students The University of Portsmouth is under fire for pushing ahead with plans to sack…
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20 March 2020
Government plans to create grades for students who exams are cancelled this summer must take into account the barriers that students from disadvantaged backgrounds…
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13 March 2020
Five-day walkouts at UK universities It was a full week of disruption, pickets and demonstrations at dozens of UK universities this week as UCU strike action entered…
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6 March 2020
UCU sets out path for real change for higher education and an end to the strikes UCU said yesterday that it believed agreements that could put the union and the…
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29 February 2020
UCU said today that many factors influenced graduate earnings and that better careers advice and an overhaul of university admissions could help level the playing…
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28 February 2020
Universities trying to intimidate students not to support striking staff Students who have backed striking staff have been threatened with punitive action by universities,…
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27 February 2020
UCU says university tuition fees should be scrapped to widen participation and encourage collaboration in higher education The union was responding to a report…
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27 February 2020
UCU says a major review of admissions needs to deliver a fairer system for students where they apply to university after they receive their results UCU said it…
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21 February 2020
Solid support for strikes as students call on university heads to do more to solve disputes Support for the biggest ever wave of strikes on university campuses…
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