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22 September 2010
UCU today said the business secretary, Vince Cable, was wrong to tell the Liberal Democrat conference that the only way to maintain excellence in UK higher education…
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22 September 2010
Nearly two-thirds (63%) of graduates say they would not have been able to study at university if tuition fees had been £6,000-a-year and a similar amount (62%)…
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21 September 2010
Tax, loan or fee? It's the lifetime cost of university that matters, not what politicians call it, responds UCU UCU today said that however politicians dressed…
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15 September 2010
Delegates at the TUC Congress in Manchester have today backed a motion calling for a national demonstration through central London. The protests, on Wednesday 10…
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7 September 2010
UCU today said the government and Lord Browne needed urgent reality checks over student funding. A survey from the National Union of Students (NUS) released this…
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24 August 2010
UCU today warned that a qualifications 'domino effect' could leave GCSE students without a place at college this year. The union said a lack of both university…
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19 August 2010
The University of Reading is under pressure to withdraw plans for compulsory redundancies in its Film, Theatre and Television department. This follows revelations…
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19 August 2010
Union says minister's advice to students to lower their university ambitions makes a mockery of Nick Clegg's social mobility pledge. The universities minister,…
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18 August 2010
UCU said today that it was a tragedy that 2010 would be remembered as the year when record numbers of qualified students - encouraged throughout their academic…
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18 August 2010
UCU today said that university staff deserved praise for the continuing high levels of satisfaction amongst students. The National Student Survey (NSS) of 250,000…
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