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18 May 2012
The government's reforms of higher education funding, including fees of £9,000, will force public sector debt to increase by as much as £100bn over the next 20…
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17 May 2012
Students with the least contact time at university are the most dissatisfied, according to a new survey released today by the Higher Education policy Unit (HEPI).…
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11 May 2012
Just one in 10 people aged 24 and over would definitely undertake a further education course at college if controversial plans to charge student loans are brought…
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18 April 2012
Responding to unemployment figures released today, UCU said the government needed to put plans in place to improve access to education and jobs, especially for…
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6 April 2012
The Association of Colleges (AoC), National Union of Students (NUS), University and College Union (UCU) and UNISON today jointly called for a pause in the implementation…
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29 March 2012
The proportion of students who dropped out after their first year at university has increased, particularly among those from disadvantaged areas, according to figures…
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29 March 2012
English universities will see their teaching budgets slashed by a third this academic year (2012/13) and there will be 11,000 fewer student places available as…
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21 March 2012
UCU said today that additional cuts to corporation tax^ were not the way to get the UK back on track. The union said corporation tax should rise and the money used…
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12 March 2012
The National Union of Students' week of action begins today as students across the UK call on government and universities to 'Come Clean' on their plans for higher…
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8 March 2012
UCU has questioned the wisdom of the government sticking rigidly to controversial student finance packages for the 2013 academic year, before the impact of the…
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