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19 April 2012
Staff in colleges and universities across the UK are receiving reduced pay packets as the rise in their pension contributions takes effect. The average university…
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18 April 2012
Responding to unemployment figures released today, UCU said the government needed to put plans in place to improve access to education and jobs, especially for…
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17 April 2012
UCU today said the government needed to act urgently to protect UK universities and public assets from private equity firms after the College Of Law was sold off…
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6 April 2012
The Association of Colleges (AoC), National Union of Students (NUS), University and College Union (UCU) and UNISON today jointly called for a pause in the implementation…
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29 March 2012
New figures reveal that Scotland has the highest proportion of students dropping out of university in the UK. Almost one in 10 students (9.4% in 2009/10) dropped…
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29 March 2012
The proportion of students who dropped out after their first year at university has increased, particularly among those from disadvantaged areas, according to figures…
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29 March 2012
English universities will see their teaching budgets slashed by a third this academic year (2012/13) and there will be 11,000 fewer student places available as…
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28 March 2012
Around 150 jobs are at risk at Salford University after the university today announced a sixth round of job cuts in less than a year. UCU said the latest round…
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27 March 2012
Members of UCU and National Union of Teachers (NUT) at schools, colleges and universities across London will tomorrow take strike action in protest against changes…
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27 March 2012
UCU today welcomed the news that staff in further education colleges would no longer be forced to pay a fee to do their job. An independent panel said the Institute…
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