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5 May 2011
UCU today backed calls for tighter regulation of for-profit education providers. Responding to a new report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), which…
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13 April 2011
Government reforms will also see taxpayers' money given to for-profit universities for first time. UCU said the government's new student support system announced…
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13 April 2011
American example must act as a warning and calls for greater regulation. UCU said today that it had significant concerns about for-profit education providers, following…
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25 February 2011
UCU said today (Friday) that the government was wrong to allow private education providers access to taxpayers' money to keep their fees down. The union was commenting…
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14 December 2010
Government must heed America warnings, warns UCU UCU said today that encouraging the growth of for-profit companies in higher education risked damaging the UK's…
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18 November 2010
The for-profit private provider of higher education in the UK, BPP, has had more than a quarter of its purchase value written off by its US parent company, following…
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16 September 2010
UCU has today written to universities minister, David Willetts, urging him not to relax regulations to enable private companies to move into publicly-funded higher…
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13 May 2010
The UCU today welcomed David Willetts' appointment as minister for universities and science and said he faced great challenges in his new role. UCU general secretary,…
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18 March 2010
UCU today warned that plans from both the Labour and Conservative parties for an 'Americanisation of UK higher education' would lead to greater financial instability…
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3 August 2009
UCU has written to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and warned the funding body that it risks putting quality and standards in prison education at risk if…
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