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31 March 2015
Commenting on news that the University of Aberdeen is planning to cut 150 jobs, UCU Scotland said it was a worrying time for staff and that axing jobs would have…
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25 March 2015
Adult education and training in England will not exist by 2020 if the government continues with its planned cuts to the adult skills budget warns new research findings…
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20 March 2015
Members of UCU at the University of Dundee are being balloted for strike action in a row over job losses. The university plans to get rid of 70 posts, on top of…
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9 January 2015
UCU members at Sheffield College have overwhelmingly backed strike action in a row over job losses. 86% of members who voted backed strike action and 95% supported…
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6 January 2015
Union urges college to engage in serious negotiations to end dispute UCU members at Lambeth College will walk out tomorrow and Thursday this week as part of their…
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18 December 2014
Members of the UCU at Sheffield College are voting on strike action in a row over job losses. The ballot closes on Thursday 8 January. The college has warned that…
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5 December 2014
The University of Warwick has been criticised for plans to sack staff at Warwick Medical School. UCU described its criteria for redundancy as too simplistic and…
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4 December 2014
On Wednesday afternoon, a group of students were demonstrating in the lobby of Senate House on the Coventry campus of the University of Warwick. The police were…
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30 October 2014
Moving teacher training away from universities and into schools, is leading to a shortage of teachers for key science, technology, engineering and maths subjects,…
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24 October 2014
The bitter trade dispute at Lambeth College may continue after members of the UCU voted overwhelmingly to reject new contracts and ballot for strike action. In…
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