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27 October 2008
An esteemed support service for hundreds of dyslexic college students is set to lose more than half of its staff after the deadline passed for them to sign up to…
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18 August 2008
The management of Bishop Auckland College have issued notice of their intention to dismiss all staff who are not prepared to accept new terms and conditions of…
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5 June 2008
UCU has successfully won a permanent contract for a researcher at the University of Aberdeen who had been employed on a succession of fixed-term contracts for nine…
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5 March 2008
A lecturer at a further education college in Northern Ireland has won an employment tribunal ruling that she was treated unlawfully because her work is part-time.…
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3 March 2008
Part-time associate lecturers at the Open University have won new health and safety rights after representations by UCU union reps. Most part-time lecturers mark…
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22 November 2007
A survey of currently advertised research jobs in UK universities by UCU shows that casualised short-term contracts remain the norm for staff beginning their careers…
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7 August 2007
A report by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) into whether Harlow College has enough capacity to meet its September teaching needs - after the loss of around…
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29 June 2007
A staffing crisis is set to follow the mass departure of teaching staff from Harlow College. Despite efforts by UCU the college management has failed to provide…
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13 June 2007
Lecturers at Harlow College are holding a rally this lunchtime as part of their ongoing strike action this week. Angry lecturers will congregate outside the gates…
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11 June 2007
Lecturers at Harlow College today begin a three day strike in resistance to the imposition of a new, unnegotiated college plan which lecturers - and students -…
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