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1 December 2015
UCU today told MPs that proposed measures to improve teaching quality would fail unless more was done to tackle job insecurity and ensure decent working conditions…
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25 November 2015
Commenting on the chancellor's spending review announcement, UCU welcomed the recognition that students need more financial support, but repeated concerns that…
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19 November 2015
The introduction of different systems for funding further and higher education across the UK in recent years has led to dramatic variations in levels of public…
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6 November 2015
Commenting on the release of the green paper on higher education, UCU said the government needed to clearly set out how its plans would improve the student experience.…
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26 October 2015
UCU welcomes proposals for a name-blind university applications process.
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22 October 2015
The drive to create more apprenticeships has diluted their quality, warns a report from the schools watchdog released today. UCU said the report highlighted problems…
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24 September 2015
Women and students from the poorest backgrounds will be hit hardest by planned government changes to the way tuition fees are paid back, warns a report released…
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17 August 2015
Unemployed youngsters want to work, but too many fear they never will warns report. Government plans to force young people to take part in three-week 'boot camps'…
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30 July 2015
UCU has warned that better funding for English classes for migrants is needed to help people contribute more to society and the economy. The union said plans to…
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20 July 2015
Students from the poorest families will leave university owing 'substantially more' to the government than their richer peers, warns analysis of changes to student…
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