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2 September 2011
On Monday 22 August, Colombian trade union activist, Alfonso Diaz Villa, was assassinated near his home in the Coroda region. Diaz, who was a regional leader of…
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1 September 2011
Graduates from the class of 2007 are more likely to be unemployed than those who left university earlier in the decade, according to new statistics released today.…
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26 August 2011
UCU Scotland has criticised the announcement that Aberdeen University will charge £9,000 fees per year for students from the rest of the UK. In a statement* to…
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24 August 2011
Poorest students set to receive just half of last year's financial support • Only a quarter of colleges have posted financial support packages on their websites…
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22 August 2011
300 jobs at risk, despite university's high fees for 2012 Members of UCU at Middlesex University will be balloted for strike action in a row over jobs. The union…
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18 August 2011
Social mobility is likely to be an unintended victim of the government's plans to increase university fees and the new methods of allocating resources and controlling…
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17 August 2011
Responding to the news that the number of unemployed people has risen ahead of A-level results day, UCU warned that the tens of thousands of students who will miss…
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17 August 2011
UCU today said it was pleased that students remained satisfied with the quality of teaching and academic support. However, the union added that it was not alone…
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16 August 2011
Public accounts committee says department for education has not assessed impact of EMA axe UCU today agreed with Margaret Hodge, chair of the public accounts committee,…
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12 August 2011
Average student debt for English students is expected to rise to nearly £60,000 when higher fees are introduced, according to a new survey released today by the…
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