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8 July 2016
A look back at some of the week's news EU nationals must not be used as pawns in Brexit negotiations, says UCU UCU this week called on the government and Conservative…
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8 July 2016
The government must invest properly in colleges and the further education workforce if proposed reforms of technical and professional education are to succeed,…
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30 June 2016
If university fees go up, young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds would be most likely to be deterred from going to university, warns a new report…
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23 June 2016
The number of people aged 19 and above studying in further education fell by 11% between 2013/14 and 2014/15, according to government statistics released today.…
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22 June 2016
Plans requiring postgraduate students at the University of Northumbria to teach as a condition of their research stipend have been condemned as "grossly exploitative"…
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13 June 2016
Campaigners will launch an alternative higher education white paper this evening in Westminster. Presenting the case for an education system that delivers research…
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10 June 2016
UCU said today that the government's proposed teacher training reforms will cause greater problems for teacher recruitment. The union was responding to a new report…
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23 May 2016
A two-day walkout at UK universities will go ahead this week after talks last week failed to resolve a pay row between UCU and the universities' representatives,…
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16 May 2016
UCU has warned that the rapid expansion of private university provision which gives new providers the power to award degrees from day one will endanger the UK's…
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12 May 2016
UK universities are struggling to meet almost one third of high-level targets designed to widen access to higher education, according to a new report published…
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