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16 August 2011
Public accounts committee says department for education has not assessed impact of EMA axe UCU today agreed with Margaret Hodge, chair of the public accounts committee,…
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12 August 2011
Average student debt for English students is expected to rise to nearly £60,000 when higher fees are introduced, according to a new survey released today by the…
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9 August 2011
UCU today said it was pleased that plans to axe free courses for people on inactive benefits (which include income support, working families' tax credit and housing…
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27 July 2011
UCU said today it was pleased that Nick Clegg has taken up the issue of university privatisation with the government, amid growing pressure from Liberal Democrat…
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22 July 2011
Different areas of the same cities and counties in Britain have huge disparities in educational achievement, warns new analysis released today. The analysis, from…
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21 July 2011
UCU today questioned the point of Simon Hughes's report on access to education. The union said there was little point in a report published after key decisions…
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19 July 2011
The education select committee has today criticised the way the government handled the shutting down of the education maintenance allowance (EMA). The EMA was a…
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18 July 2011
Almost 60,000 women studying English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) could be priced out of education if the government pushes ahead with planned changes…
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15 July 2011
UCU said today that government plans to shut Latchmere and Brockhill prisons in September and transfer a further eight into the private sector made a mockery of…
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12 July 2011
Two-thirds of universities will have a maximum fee level of £9,000 and a third of them will charge the full fee for all courses. UCU said today that it was not…
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