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4 November 2011
UCU today criticised Queen Mary, University of London after it announced plans to axe around 140 jobs, despite a 27% increase in applications to medical courses…
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26 October 2011
Thousands of members of the UCU and other education trade unions will descend on parliament today to lobby their MPs about potential changes to their pensions.…
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28 September 2011
Staff at Middlesex University will be on strike on Tuesday 4 October unless urgent talks can resolve an increasingly bitter dispute over job cuts and changes to…
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21 September 2011
Members of UCU at Middlesex University today voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in a row over job cuts and changes to staff terms and conditions. Four-fifths…
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20 September 2011
The playwright, Sir Tom Stoppard, will present a petition demanding ring-fenced funding for vulnerable modern languages to the Scottish Parliament today at 2pm.…
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14 September 2011
UCU today said it will be joining other unions in a day of action to defend pensions on 30 November. The union, which was one of four that took strike action in…
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24 August 2011
Poorest students set to receive just half of last year's financial support • Only a quarter of colleges have posted financial support packages on their websites…
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22 August 2011
300 jobs at risk, despite university's high fees for 2012 Members of UCU at Middlesex University will be balloted for strike action in a row over jobs. The union…
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18 August 2011
Social mobility is likely to be an unintended victim of the government's plans to increase university fees and the new methods of allocating resources and controlling…
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17 August 2011
Responding to the news that the number of unemployed people has risen ahead of A-level results day, UCU warned that the tens of thousands of students who will miss…
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