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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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31 October 2017
UCU general secretary Sally Hunt and Reading East MP Matt Rodda are among the panellists debating the future higher education on Thursday at the University of Reading…
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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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18 October 2017
The rate of students who drop out of their studies at alternative providers of higher education is 15 percentage points higher than the rest of the sector, warns…
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15 September 2017
It was a busy few days for UCU delegates at the 149th annual TUC congress in Brighton this week UCU's delegation at TUC Congress 2017 © Jess Hurd/ reportdigital.co.uk…
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8 September 2017
Vice-chancellors' summer in the spotlight leads to ministerial threats over pay After a summer with their pay and perks in the spotlight, vice-chancellors finally…
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8 September 2017
Staff in further education colleges in England have seen their pay drop by 24 per cent in real-terms since 2009, reveal new UCU figures. While the cost of living,…
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24 August 2017
Vice-chancellors under fire over lack of scrutiny of their pay deals The debate around vice-chancellors' pay and perks continued this week, but did shift slightly…
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11 August 2017
Boycott bites as universities omitted from National Student Survey Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford and Sheffield universities were among the 12 institutions omitted…
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30 June 2017
UCU criticises government's plans for EU citizens UCU general secretary Sally Hunt this week criticised government proposals for EU citizens' rights post-Brexit,…
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