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18 January 2011
Students from two London colleges will be handing out 'Save EMA' biscuits outside parliament between 11am and 12noon tomorrow morning*, as MPs prepare to vote on…
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18 January 2011
As MPs prepare to vote on the future of the education maintenance allowance (EMA), a poll of students who receive the financial support has revealed that seven…
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14 January 2011
Students, staff and trade unions are uniting for two days of action on Tuesday (18 January) and Wednesday (19 January) as part of their campaign to save the education…
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13 January 2011
UCU said today that the increase in enrolments at UK universities was further proof that the government was wrong to cut university places. The union was responding…
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11 January 2011
UCU and the National Union of Students (NUS) have joined forces with the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to organise 'a future that works' protest in Manchester on…
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10 January 2011
Opponents of plans to axe the education maintenance allowance (EMA) are taking their message to the heart of government tomorrow. College and sixth-form students…
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5 January 2011
The national executive committee (NEC) of UCU passed a motion at a special NEC meeting on 17 December 2010 that reaffirms the union's commitment to fight the government's…
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3 January 2011
UCU today commented on figures released today that show a record number of people applying to university. UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'The increase…
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22 December 2010
UCU today responded to a report from the Sutton Trust released today that shows that just 1% of Oxbridge students qualified for free school meals. UCU general secretary,…
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20 December 2010
UCU said today that the government's Christmas message of funding cuts, higher fees, fewer university places, a pay freeze and attacks on staff pensions was a 'Christmas…
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