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22 November 2012
One in six (17%) young people (aged 16-24) in England are not in education, employment or training (so-called NEETs), according to government statistics released…
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21 November 2012
Students and staff must keep up their fight against the government's education policies, the president of UCU, Kathy Taylor, will tell protestors today. Speaking…
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20 November 2012
Staff at the University of Bolton have delivered a damning vote of no confidence in their management team. Members of UCU and UNISON overwhelmingly passed a motion…
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19 November 2012
Staff and students at the University of Sussex will be demonstrating tomorrow in protest at plans to privatise the university's catering, facilities and estates…
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13 November 2012
Higher tuition fees were the biggest contributor to a rise in inflation, said the Office for National Statistics today. UCU said the news was further evidence that…
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13 November 2012
Almost 100 staff at the University of Bolton could lose their jobs in a major shake-up, which would see 15% of the total workforce made redundant. The university…
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25 October 2012
The UK risks becoming embroiled in serious financial scandals if private equity firms 'circling education' are not proper regulated, warns a report released today.…
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23 October 2012
Better financial support for graduates considering further study is required if Britain is to improve its comparatively low numbers of postgraduate students, says…
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22 October 2012
UCU said today that a more thoughtful approach to criminal justice was required if laudable aims to rehabilitate offenders are to be achieved. The union said extra…
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20 October 2012
The general secretary of UCU, Sally Hunt, today told marchers on the TUC-organised anti-austerity demo that government policies on education are spreading ignorance…
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