News
Leading news and reaction from UCU.
-
4 September 2008
UCU warned today that an increase in for-profit universities would see successful institutions of the future would be measured by how much they could overcharge…
-
20 June 2008
Staff at Essex University have delivered a massive rejection of the university's plans to set up a joint venture to teach students with private company INTO. In…
-
9 June 2008
Sally Hunt, general secretary of the UCU, will this afternoon launch a stinging attack on the private sector's involvement in public services and warn the government…
-
28 May 2008
Opening day speech at UCU's annual Congress slams market in education and addresses UCU's role in international affairs Increasing the financial burden on students…
-
17 May 2008
The fastest growing privatisation in Europe is threatening the UK's proud international reputation for educational excellence, warns the world's largest post-16…
-
14 May 2008
A private company that took charge of education and training in eight Kent prisons has terminated its contract a year early in the face of a hefty financial loss.…
-
7 May 2008
Pay, academic freedom, the purpose of education, fighting against privatisation and combating climate change are just some of the topics to be debated by UCU further…
-
31 March 2008
Staff at Glasgow Caledonian University will be protesting on April Fool's Day as part of their campaign to keep the private firm, INTO, out of the University. The…
-
19 April 2007
Efforts by a private training provider to take over part of the teaching at a midlands college have been emphatically rejected by lecturers. Private training provider…
-
29 March 2007
A flawed scheme to privatise a university department has been rejected by Oxford Brookes University after a vigorous campaign by staff to defend educational quality…
- PrintPrint this page
- Share
