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1 May 2013
Another 171 people face a worrying few months at the University of Salford after the institution announced plans for a further round of cuts that could see 87 jobs…
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25 April 2013
UCU takes its appeal over redundancy consultations to the Scottish Court of Session in Edinburgh. The union is arguing that the University of Stirling was wrong…
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23 April 2013
Defending education and protecting funding for the knowledge economy are key themes of this year's UCU annual congress, where delegates will be encouraged to promote…
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17 April 2013
Responding to unemployment figures released today, UCU said the government needed to improve access to education and jobs, especially for young people. The number…
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10 April 2013
The gap between boys and girls going to university from the poorest backgrounds widened in the first year of the new tuition fees regime, according to new analysis…
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12 March 2013
The University of Salford has today been accused of riding roughshod over its own guidelines as it detailed plans to severely reduce redundancy terms for staff…
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5 March 2013
UCU has today highlighted a new report's finding that a cut to universities' widening participation budgets would do lasting damage to disadvantaged young people.…
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4 March 2013
Questions about academic freedom at the University of Sussex continue to be asked as a bitter row about outsourcing jobs and services shows little sign of abating.…
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31 January 2013
The chairs of five influential committees of cross-party MPs and peers* will today write to the prime minister to urge him to remove international students from…
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30 January 2013
Today's figures for university entry this autumn do not demonstrate that applications are back on track, warned UCU. The union said that applications should have…
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