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25 March 2015
The business, innovation and skills (BIS) select committee has warned that the benefits of a proposed transatlantic trade deal are "impossible to quantify". In…
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26 February 2015
A private college that was one of the main beneficiaries of the government's move to allow for-profit companies access to public funding has been banned from recruiting…
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24 February 2015
The government failed to heed explicit warnings about the dangers of vast sums of public money being given to for-profit higher education colleges, says a report…
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2 December 2014
Students at alternative higher education providers have claimed taxpayer-backed financial support they were not entitled to and 20% of students were not even properly…
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14 August 2014
UCU has expressed concern following news that A4E is to terminate its contract to deliver education at 12 London prisons because it was operating at a loss. The…
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13 August 2014
Commenting on a new report from the Independent Commission on Fees, UCU today called for more pressure on universities to increase social mobility. The report found…
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29 July 2014
UCU has today responded to reports about government proposals to reform the English student loan system which could lead to higher tuition fees for students and…
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24 July 2014
• UCU pleased other voices are now coming out against unchecked expansion of for-profit colleges • Report says UK is scared to properly regulate private and for-profit…
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30 May 2014
UCU today backed calls from the shadow universities minister, Liam Byrne, to speed up an investigation into standards at private colleges who access millions of…
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29 May 2014
The general secretary of UCU today launched a scathing attack on the government's lamentable record on education. In her keynote at the , Sally Hunt accused ministers…
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