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25 August 2009
UCU today welcomed the decision from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to award Kensington and Chelsea College the contract to provide prison education for…
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25 August 2009
Manchester College will be brought to a standstill on Thursday (27 August) as members of the UCU go on strike in protest at the sacking of 15 staff members. The…
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6 August 2009
UCU has called on London Metropolitan University (LMU) to get its 'house in order' after senior managers and governors were accused of 'operating blindly' in a…
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3 August 2009
UCU today warned that it would be fighting against proposed job cuts at the University of Wolverhampton. The university has announced a redundancy programme which…
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31 July 2009
UCU has warned Bournemouth University to think again over plans to axe 10 members of staff in the successful and globally-respected School of Conservation Sciences.…
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28 July 2009
UCU today said that universities must be allowed to play their full part in helping lift the country out of recession. Responding to a report from Universities…
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27 July 2009
Half of universities planning to axe staff are breaking the law by failing to carry out legally required equality impact assessments. UCU has written to the Equality…
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24 July 2009
UCU today slammed the decision by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to reduce funding for university teaching by £65 million. The union said…
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24 July 2009
UCU has condemned London Metropolitan University (LMU) for using the same discredited student completion records that plunged the institution into crisis as a way…
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20 July 2009
UCU has welcomed the announcement by the business secretary Peter Mandelson that there would be an extra 10,000 student places at universities. However, the union…
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