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13 August 2020
Students have spent much of this year working incredibly hard in unprecedented circumstances. School closures have particularly impacted the least affluent, who…
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13 August 2020
UCU said ministers have to stop trying to pull a rabbit out of the hat to fix the A-levels fiasco The union said ministers should use teacher predictions, as happened…
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31 July 2020
New study demonstrates huge local economic impact of universities amid bankruptcy fears Universities typically support up to one additional job in the immediate…
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31 July 2020
Universities typically support up to one additional job in the immediate local economy for every person they directly employ, according to a new analysis by Hatch…
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27 July 2020
Members of UCU are being urged to support their most vulnerable colleagues and put pressure on their universities as the union launches action to support…
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24 July 2020
Universities to cut thousands of academics on fixed-term contracts On Monday, the Financial Times reported that UK universities are cutting thousands of academics…
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24 July 2020
Portsmouth South MP Stephen Morgan called on the vice-chancellor of the University of Portsmouth to think again over plans to axe staff in the English literature…
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23 July 2020
UCU has welcomed calls by the Labour Party for the government to ensure no university is allowed to fail, but said that more needed to be done now to protect the…
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23 July 2020
Staff, students, politicians and authors will be among the protesters at an online rally protesting against the University of Portsmouth's plans to slash jobs in…
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23 July 2020
A report from the Higher Education and Policy Institute said that decolonising higher education is vital to tackling discrimination, hostility and unconscious bias…
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