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25 November 2011
UCU suggests TUC will be blamed for bad weather as government spin machine heads out of control UCU said today that the prime minister's search for someone to blame…
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25 November 2011
UCU today said Michael Gove's calls for more history to be taught at school looked foolish when put alongside government policies that have seen funding for history…
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24 November 2011
UCU said today that the government had to urgently do more to help young people, as official figures revealed that almost one in five 16-24-year-olds (1,163,000)…
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23 November 2011
University says risks of partnership with private firm outweigh potential rewards UCU today welcomed the decision by De Montfort University (DMU) not to allow the…
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18 November 2011
University lecturers in Scotland have voted for strike action in the row over changes to public sector pensions. Members of the University and College Union (UCU)…
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18 November 2011
A cleaner at Grimsby College died of cancer after working in classrooms at the college that contained asbestos, a tribunal has ruled. UCU today said colleges and…
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18 November 2011
Birkbeck College has delivered a devastating assessment of the government's efforts to reform higher education after its academic board backed calls for the government…
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16 November 2011
UCU today welcomed the news that a controversial merger between Newcastle College Group (NCG) and Northumberland College is off. Last night governors at Northumberland…
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16 November 2011
UCU said today that an eighth successive monthly increase in youth unemployment figures had to prompt the government to deliver policies that would help the more…
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10 November 2011
Union says select committee right to highlight dangers of for-profit higher education providers and criticise delays to white paper UCU today backed calls for the…
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