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21 January 2010
UCU said today that the failings of the government's flagship Train to Gain programme had hit the people who most desperately needed its help the hardest. Responding…
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21 January 2010
UCU today said ambitious government plans to expand opportunity at university looked ridiculous next to swingeing cuts across the higher education sector. UCU said…
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8 December 2009
UCU today said that Britain could not afford another repeat of this year's student loans fiasco. Responding to a damning report by Professor Sir Deian Hopkin into…
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6 December 2009
UCU today said that plans to fund a national service-style civilian scheme, paid for by increasing student debt, were absolutely ludicrous. The union said it was…
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3 December 2009
UCU today called for a national bursary scheme for student financial support. Responding to a report from the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) looking at the impact,…
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19 November 2009
UCU today called on the government to simplify the vast and varied qualifications and funding streams in further education. The union said the current mess was…
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18 November 2009
UCU today said that students still waiting for loan money needed to speak to their university and students' union and avoid the loan sharks circling campuses. As…
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18 November 2009
Members of UCU at the University of Leeds will be leading protests outside a meeting of the university's council on 19 November in a row over job losses. The university…
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17 November 2009
UCU today called for intervention from the Treasury to resolve the building crisis in further education that claimed its first victim last week. Brooklands College…
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13 November 2009
University's plans for cuts will see Leeds drop to bottom of the league table of leading UK institutions. UCU says the cuts are incredibly damaging for university's…
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