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25 January 2013
Anyone aged 24 and above who wants to do high level apprenticeship, such as in engineering, will have to pay thousands of pounds to do the work-based course if…
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23 January 2013
The education secretary Michael Gove's plans to reform A and AS levels are another attempt to entrench elitism in education, said UCU today. The union was responding…
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23 January 2013
Young people need access to better careers guidance says a report from the Education Committee of MPs released today. The report also argues that careers guidance…
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10 January 2013
UCU said today that plans to shut seven public prisons and reduce the capacity for prisoners would do nothing to enhance the likelihood of fewer prisoners reoffending.…
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10 January 2013
Vice-chancellors at Britain's most selective universities were criticised today for enjoying huge pay rises as their staff endured year-on-year real terms pay cuts.…
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7 January 2013
UCU said today that government plans to strip people aged 24 and above of state funding for further education courses would put older learners off studying. The…
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3 January 2013
The number of people applying to go to university in 2013 has slumped by 5.6% overall, with the biggest drop in England (6.5%), compared to the same time a year…
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13 December 2012
Commenting on the drop in the number of students at university this year, UCU said the record fall represented a failure of the government's higher education policies.…
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29 November 2012
Two-thirds of institutions will see a drop in places • Some institutions to lose almost three-quarters of their places More than two-thirds of higher education…
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28 November 2012
Sally Hunt, general secretary of UCU, today responded to news today that fewer people are applying to university, compared to this time last year. She said, 'It…
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