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30 November 2017
Staff in some of the UK's most elite universities will see the value of their retirement income drop by as much as £200,000 if hardline proposals from universities…
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28 November 2017
Proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) would have "serious consequences" for affected universities and alternative approaches should be…
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20 November 2017
Just days after announcing that 75 lecturers' jobs are at risk at the University of Southampton, it has been revealed that the university is advertising for…
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17 November 2017
UCU has warned of chaos in universities as lectures and classes are cancelled in the new year if a row over changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)…
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31 October 2017
Commenting on the sentencing of former dean of the faculty of education at Edge Hill University, Robert Smedley, and his partner Christopher Joynson for five years…
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27 October 2017
Academic freedom row as MP demands list of Brexit professors Responding to news on Tuesday that Conservative whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP had written to universities…
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20 October 2017
Commenting on guilty verdicts handed down to two Edge Hill University managers , UCU said the university had serious questions to answer about its governance structures.…
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20 October 2017
Ashton-under-Lyne MP and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has told the University of Manchester to "get its house in order" and "give workers the respect…
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19 October 2017
The prospect of UK university staff going on strike is a step closer after a national consultative ballot by the University and College Union (UCU) showed overwhelming…
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13 October 2017
Apprenticeship starts drop by 61% after levy introduced The number of people starting apprenticeships between May and July fell by 61% compared to the previous…
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