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7 March 2014
Investment in further and higher education is of vital importance if we wish to reduce the UK's qualifications gap, UCU said today. The Local Area Analysis of Qualifications…
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6 March 2014
Apprenticeships should last three years to ensure that apprentices receive a well-rounded education, said UCU today. Speaking during National Apprenticeship Week…
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6 March 2014
Commenting on research published today by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) looking at students support, UCU said it was time for a national bursary scheme. OFFA…
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21 February 2014
Talks between the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) and UCU will take place before the 2014/15 bargaining round begins on Wednesday 26 March.…
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17 February 2014
Students' assessments and graduations will hit by a marking boycott* if an increasingly bitter pay dispute between universities and staff is not resolved in the…
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17 December 2013
UCU has added its voice to growing calls for the government to rethink plans to slash funding for 18 year-olds studying in further education colleges from next…
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17 December 2013
The government has scrapped a loan scheme for older apprentices after it failed to attract anywhere near the number of people the government hoped. Vince Cable…
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17 December 2013
A new report released today warns that government reforms to higher education have 'many of the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme, relying on diminishing future…
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16 December 2013
The vice-president of UCU, John McCormack, died on Friday night after a short illness. The union said John was a wonderful, principled man steeped in the trade…
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13 December 2013
UCU today called on the government to axe its failed experiment to make people aged 24 and above pay to study for an apprenticeship. Earlier this year the government…
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