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17 March 2011
UCU today welcomed a report from the Home Affairs Select Committee that cautioned the government against introducing measures which could damage the UK's thriving…
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17 March 2011
UCU today welcomed findings for the BBC, which it said shone a light on the real level of debt students would face under the government's new plans for student…
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17 March 2011
UCU says that purely financial targets should not be main driver of UK universities. UCU said today that funding cuts to universities in England, a year before…
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16 March 2011
UCU said today that proposals for staff to spy on students would jeopardise the crucial relationship between students and staff and would, again, be given short…
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11 March 2011
UCU said this morning that strikes over pensions looked more likely after the Employers Pension Forum (EPF), who are tasked with negotiating on behalf of the universities,…
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8 March 2011
As access regulator sets out guidance for universities wishing to charge higher fees, UCU calls on government to look again at 'shambolic' and 'untried' system.…
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Universities at greater risk of bankruptcy under new fees regime, warns National Audit Office report4 March 2011
The number of universities at risk of financial trouble is likely to increase under the government's proposals to axe large parts of universities' teaching budgets…
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3 March 2011
Responding to this morning's publication of the Wolf review of vocational education, UCU said young people needed access to a broad curriculum and must not be forced…
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2 March 2011
UCU said today that the universities minister, David Willetts's attempts to encourage universities to limit fees to around £6,000 for arts and humanities courses…
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2 March 2011
As pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline announces a £3m fund for graduates, UCU says big business must finally start paying for benefits it enjoys from higher education…
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