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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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25 September 2011
UCU today said it welcomed the Labour Party's plan to force business to contribute to the cost of higher education. The union said that for too long business had…
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22 September 2011
UCU says coalition's student visa reforms could hit universities' finances The number of foreign students studying at UK universities has rocketed over the past…
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21 September 2011
Members of UCU at Middlesex University today voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in a row over job cuts and changes to staff terms and conditions. Four-fifths…
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21 September 2011
UCU Scotland welcomed today's funding increases for higher education. In the budget statement John Swinney announced a cash increase of £76m for universities in…
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20 September 2011
The playwright, Sir Tom Stoppard, will present a petition demanding ring-fenced funding for vulnerable modern languages to the Scottish Parliament today at 2pm.…
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19 September 2011
Rich people will end up paying less than the middle classes for tuition fees because they will clear their debts quicker and avoid bigger interest payments, a new…
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14 September 2011
UCU Scotland welcomed the commitment from the Scottish government to broaden access to higher education and fund world-leading research.. Responding to the launch…
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14 September 2011
UCU today said it will be joining other unions in a day of action to defend pensions on 30 November. The union, which was one of four that took strike action in…
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University staff vote for 'sustained campaign of industrial action' as employers impose pension cuts14 September 2011
67 of the UK's biggest universities and over one million students affected • Vote follows imposition of two-tier pension system without members' agreement • Staff…
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13 September 2011
Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, today told the TUC Congress that he did not want education to be 'warped by the for-profit motive'. Mr Miliband was speaking in…
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