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30 January 2012
UCU has responded to news today that 10% fewer people have applied to English universities compared to this time last year. Sally Hunt, general secretary of the…
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25 January 2012
Responding to the release of the higher education funding letter today, UCU said that the government's funding plans were an untried experiment that would be disastrous…
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25 January 2012
UCU today said the government should listen to President Obama's 'timely reminder' about the importance of funding education and university research. The union…
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19 January 2012
UCU today warned that class sizes in higher education could rise after new figures revealed that the number of staff teaching in the sector had fallen as student…
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18 January 2012
UCU today (Wednesday) said the government's untried experiment of shifting the burden of funding degrees from the state to the student was causing chaos at universities…
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18 January 2012
UCU said today that the imminent grant letter from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), which details how much funding will be available for…
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17 January 2012
UCU today warned that patient care in London could be put at risk after NHS London announced that it would be reducing the number of adult nurse training places…
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13 January 2012
UCU today warned the University of Sussex that it risked taking a 'hammer' to adult learning in the county, after it confirmed that it was pushing ahead with plans…
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14 December 2011
UCU said today that a ninth successive monthly increase in youth unemployment figures had to prompt the government to deliver policies that would help the more…
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2 December 2011
Student bursaries and scholarships have been slashed by almost £14m as 25 universities and colleges have today had applications to reduce their tuition fees accepted.…
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