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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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9 August 2011
UCU today said it was pleased that plans to axe free courses for people on inactive benefits (which include income support, working families' tax credit and housing…
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3 August 2011
UCU today (Wednesday) questioned why the chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) received a 'recognition award' of £50,000 while the dispute…
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28 July 2011
UCU today warned the government that allowing the growth of for-profit education companies could lead to students being ripped off. The news comes after Carl Lygo,…
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28 July 2011
UCU said today that the government's planned raid on public sector pensions had nothing to do with keeping pension costs down and was simply a tax to raise funds…
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