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9 April 2015
UCU said today that universities opposing plans for better staff and student representatives on their key decision-making bodies are out of touch. The union was…
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9 April 2015
UCU today welcomed commitments from the Labour party to improve careers advice for school children if it wins the election. The union said its own recent report…
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3 April 2015
Commenting on the cancellation of a conference at the University of Southampton entitled International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and…
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1 April 2015
UCU today welcomed a commitment from Labour party leader Ed Miliband that workers on zero-hours contracts would have the right to regular employment after 12 weeks.…
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31 March 2015
Commenting on news that the University of Aberdeen is planning to cut 150 jobs, UCU Scotland said it was a worrying time for staff and that axing jobs would have…
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26 March 2015
Two members of staff have been sacked by the University of Bolton for allegedly leaking information to the press about the vice-chancellor, George Holmes. In addition,…
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25 March 2015
Adult education and training in England will not exist by 2020 if the government continues with its planned cuts to the adult skills budget warns new research findings…
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25 March 2015
The business, innovation and skills (BIS) select committee has warned that the benefits of a proposed transatlantic trade deal are "impossible to quantify". In…
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23 March 2015
Scottish universities have been urged to outlaw controversial zero-hours contracts to employ staff. UCU has written to institutions north of the border calling…
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20 March 2015
Members of UCU at the University of Dundee are being balloted for strike action in a row over job losses. The university plans to get rid of 70 posts, on top of…
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