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27 November 2012
UCU today welcomed many of the proposals for the future of apprenticeships recommended by Doug Richards in his review, but warned against introducing competition…
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22 November 2012
One in six (17%) young people (aged 16-24) in England are not in education, employment or training (so-called NEETs), according to government statistics released…
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22 November 2012
A survey of 14,000 higher education staff, carried out by UCU has found harassment, friction and bullying are too often the hallmarks of working relationships in…
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21 November 2012
UCU fears privatisation plans will erode scrutiny of university's decisions and allow private equity funds a route into UK higher education The University of Central…
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21 November 2012
Students and staff must keep up their fight against the government's education policies, the president of UCU, Kathy Taylor, will tell protestors today. Speaking…
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20 November 2012
Staff at the University of Bolton have delivered a damning vote of no confidence in their management team. Members of UCU and UNISON overwhelmingly passed a motion…
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20 November 2012
UCU said today that prison education was essential if the government's plans to cut reoffending were to have any chance of success. Prisoners without access to…
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19 November 2012
Today marks the start of an Anti-Stress and Bullying Week (19-26 November) in post-16 education organised by UCU. On Thursday (22 November) UCU will release the…
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19 November 2012
Staff and students at the University of Sussex will be demonstrating tomorrow in protest at plans to privatise the university's catering, facilities and estates…
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13 November 2012
Higher tuition fees were the biggest contributor to a rise in inflation, said the Office for National Statistics today. UCU said the news was further evidence that…
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