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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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16 December 2010
UCU Scotland welcomes the government commitment that the state should have prime responsibility to fund Scottish universities. The union was responding to a government…
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15 December 2010
Responding to this evening's vote in the House of Lords, which approved government plans to raise tuition fees, UCU described the decision as huge blow to students…
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13 December 2010
Labour leader Ed Miliband today backed the campaign against the abolition of the education maintenance allowance. In an interview with the Save EMA campaign, the…
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13 December 2010
Students, staff and trade unions are uniting for a day of action on Monday as part of their campaign to save the education maintenance allowance (EMA). Colleges…
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10 December 2010
The coalition government have won a vote but lost the argument over tuition fees. Once again the democratic deficit in British society has been revealed as being…
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