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25 October 2012
The government has underestimated the cost to the public purse of its controversial changes to university funding, warns a report released today. The report, from…
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20 October 2012
The general secretary of UCU, Sally Hunt, today told marchers on the TUC-organised anti-austerity demo that government policies on education are spreading ignorance…
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18 October 2012
UCU has responded to Alan Milburn's university access report published today. UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'Alan Milburn is right to highlight what…
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28 September 2012
Fear of debt and concerns over cost could be deterring significant numbers of young people from going to university, or choosing the most appropriate place to study,…
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27 September 2012
Responding to a new government website launched today offering students more information when choosing a degree, UCU said students needed real support from government,…
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19 September 2012
The government is not doing enough to tackle the scale of youth unemployment, warned an influential group of MPs today. A report from the Work and Pensions Select…
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14 September 2012
UCU and Unison members at London Metropolitan University demonstrated today against the UK Border Agency's decision to strip the university of its licence to teach…
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14 September 2012
UCU today said the government should provide an amnesty to allow the 2,500 plus overseas students facing deportation after London Metropolitan University (LMU)…
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13 September 2012
UCU said today that the government must remove students from net migration figures, not simply express a desire to be able to count them separately. In a speech…
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12 September 2012
Delegates at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference in Brighton this morning overwhelmingly backed calls for overseas students at London Metropolitan University…
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