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25 October 2017
Commenting on a report from the Sutton Trust looking at ways to increase the number of pupils attending the most selective universities, UCU said the report was…
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25 October 2017
Staff at the University of Bath have labelled the decision to remove vice-chancellor Dame Glynis Breakwell from the committee that sets her pay a 'worthless stunt.'…
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24 October 2017
Union says letter has "acrid whiff of McCarthyism" about it Responding to news that Conservative whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP has written to universities asking…
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20 October 2017
Commenting on guilty verdicts handed down to two Edge Hill University managers , UCU said the university had serious questions to answer about its governance structures.…
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20 October 2017
UCU members overwhelmingly back strike action to defend pensions UCU members this week overwhelmingly backed strike action to defend their pensions. Eighty-seven…
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13 October 2017
Apprenticeship starts drop by 61% after levy introduced The number of people starting apprenticeships between May and July fell by 61% compared to the previous…
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11 October 2017
Staff at the University of Leeds will take three consecutive days of strike action starting tomorrow (Wednesday) in a dispute over changes to the university's dismissal…
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2 October 2017
UCU has today responded to the government announcement that tuition fees would be frozen at £9,250 and the student loan repayment threshold raised from £21,000…
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26 September 2017
Commenting on Labour's draft ten-point charter for a National Education Service, UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said: 'This draft charter is a great starting…
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15 September 2017
Ahead of Tuesday's pay talks between UCU and the Association of Colleges, UCU's head of further education Andrew Harden (pictured) says the decline in pay cannot…
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