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4 April 2019
Responding to calls from education secretary Damian Hinds for a review of university admissions, following controversy over the use of unconditional offers , UCU said…
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2 April 2019
Apprenticeships should be refocused towards young people and have education at their heart, according to a new charter launched today by UCU. The union said the…
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1 April 2019
Excessive workloads are taking their toll on the wellbeing of academic staff at Nottingham Trent University, with 94% of academic staff reporting that their workload…
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29 March 2019
Confused message from government calling for better teaching but not improved grades There was another weekend attack on universities from the government on Sunday…
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27 March 2019
UCU has reacted angrily to news of plans to axe 65 staff at SK College Group. The proposed job losses come just a year after 85 posts went at the college's sites…
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22 March 2019
Strikes at five colleges this week with progress in some disputes UCU members at West Thames College, South Bank College, Croydon College, Bradford College and…
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20 March 2019
Responding to a report from the Higher Education Policy Institute on the tax and national insurance contributions of international students who stay in the UK to…
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15 March 2019
Ten colleges face strike action in third wave of walkouts Tes has reported that UCU members at 10 English colleges will be taking three days' strike action next…
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15 March 2019
UCU members at 10 English colleges will be taking three days' strike action next week in the fight for fair pay and conditions. Members at West Thames College will…
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13 March 2019
UCU has welcomed the government's plan to provide free sanitary products in schools and colleges from September. The union said it now wanted to see the scheme…
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