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19 July 2017
Some graduates will be hit with a "mid-life tax crisis" because of massive student loan debts, warns a report from London Economics . Graduates that avoid the higher…
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13 July 2017
Commenting on the latest figures for full-time undergraduate applications for the 2017 UCAS cycle made by the 30 June deadline, UCU said the time had come for a…
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12 July 2017
Commenting on the Sutton Trust's report into social mobility released today, UCU said that education was key to improving social mobility. UCU general secretary,…
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6 July 2017
UCU today welcomed plans from the Labour party to invest in a 'National Education Service' modelled on the NHS. The union said the proposals, which will allow adults…
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5 July 2017
Commenting on a new report released today from the Institute for Fiscal Studies illustrating the effects of changes to higher education finance since 2012, UCU…
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3 July 2017
Commenting on the findings of a report looking at the controversial anti-terror programme 'Prevent' , UCU said the government should conduct proper research into…
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30 June 2017
UCU criticises government's plans for EU citizens UCU general secretary Sally Hunt this week criticised government proposals for EU citizens' rights post-Brexit,…
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29 June 2017
Following news that the University of Manchester has appointed George Osborne as an honorary professor of economics, UCU said it thought the university's decision…
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29 June 2017
Speaking at the HE Festival today, UCU general secretary Sally Hunt argued that for-profit education is bad for students, higher education and the taxpayer. In…
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27 June 2017
Two decades of government efforts to improve social mobility have failed to deliver enough progress in reducing the gap between Britain's "haves and have nots",…
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