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11 February 2010
UCU today said Lord Mandelson would be better off engaging with academics instead of insulting them. Responding to the business secretary's speech earlier today,…
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11 February 2010
UCU said today that forcing students to pick up the bill for higher education was an astonishingly weak, but somewhat predictable conclusion from the Policy Exchange.…
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10 February 2010
Strike action at the University of Leeds has been confirmed today by UCU. Members of the union announced a rolling programme of industrial action with one-day strikes…
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9 February 2010
Trade unions representing staff at the University of Westminster have accused the institution of plucking figures from the air to try and justify a round of 'punishing…
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8 February 2010
UCU Scotland criticised the Scottish government for slashing the numbers of new student teachers by over 1,500 (40%) this year. The union said the move would compromise…
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8 February 2010
UCU Scotland states that students would have their dreams of a university education shattered as an unprecedented increase in applications leads to a fight for…
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8 February 2010
UCU said today that thousands of students would have their dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts. The union said the rise in applications…
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8 February 2010
UCU today warned that 15,000 jobs were at risk across higher education if punitive government funding cuts went ahead. The union said that the government had to…
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5 February 2010
UCU today slammed the University of Cumbria's decision to close its Ambleside campus. Two hundred jobs are set to go across the institution and the union said shutting…
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4 February 2010
Strike action moved a step closer at the University of Leeds today as talks between UCU and the university broke down. The breakdown comes less than 24 hours after…
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