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15 August 2012
Responding to the news that London Metropolitan University (LMU) is in talks to privatise its support services UCU today warned universities against putting their…
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9 August 2012
Report warns of 15,000 'missing' young applicants The number of people applying to university has dropped most sharply in England, following the introduction of…
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26 July 2012
6,000 college jobs lost and two-thirds of colleges see applications drop Over three-fifths of colleges have cut courses and two-thirds reported a reduction in student…
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26 July 2012
The average university tuition fee will break the £8,500 barrier in 2013, according to new figures released today. The figures, released as part of access programmes…
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17 July 2012
Three hundred and thirty schools and colleges in England sent no pupils on to the UK's highest-ranking universities it was revealed today (Tuesday). Figures released…
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28 June 2012
The proportion of 16-18-year-olds who were not in education, employment or training in 2011 rose to 8.1%, from 7.5% in 2010, according to the latest government…
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28 June 2012
The number of graduates assumed to be unemployed six months after graduation has doubled in the past five years, according to statistics released today. The figures,…
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27 June 2012
UCU today said that Nick Clegg was right to raise the problem of youth unemployment but warned that unless the government invested more in helping young people…
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22 June 2012
Staff and students lobby MPs as government predicts 100,000 fewer college students under controversial loans plan Campaigners have today written to the further…
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18 June 2012
UCU said today that the higher education sector needed proper regulation of for-profit education providers. The union was commenting on the government's response…
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