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18 March 2015
College lecturers are descending on Parliament today to lobby their MPs over plans to slash budgets for further education. The cuts will see college budgets reduced…
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10 March 2015
UCU has welcomed the Million+ Manifesto for Teacher Education which calls for universities to remain at the heart of teacher training. The union said it supports…
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9 March 2015
The government's excessive focus on apprenticeships as an answer to youth unemployment risks making them less attractive, warns a report from the education select…
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5 March 2015
Two union members who opposed restructure were put on forced gardening leave, sacked and refused any appeal Members of UCU at the University of Salford are being…
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4 March 2015
Over two-thirds (70%) of Scottish universities refused to send full minutes of the committee that sets their principal's pay, according to a new report released…
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4 March 2015
Report reveals UK vice-chancellors earn £260,000 on average and are spending thousands on luxury flights and hotel accommodation, while universities deny access…
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27 February 2015
Commenting on Ed Miliband's announcement to cut tuition fees to a maximum of £6,000 a year and raise the level of maintenance grant available to students, UCU said…
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27 February 2015
People working in education are the group most likely to be putting in unpaid overtime and clocking up the most free hours a week, according to figures released…
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26 February 2015
UCU has warned that cuts of up to a quarter in funding for adult learning courses risks decimating further education provision and leaving millions of the most…
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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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