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31 July 2009
UCU has warned Bournemouth University to think again over plans to axe 10 members of staff in the successful and globally-respected School of Conservation Sciences.…
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30 July 2009
UCU has warned universities and colleges to think very carefully before entering partnerships with private firms after new research showed that every single joint…
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28 July 2009
UCU said today that a report from the Committee of Public Accounts on a 'very serious failure' in the management of the programme to refurbish and rebuild further…
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28 July 2009
UCU today said that universities must be allowed to play their full part in helping lift the country out of recession. Responding to a report from Universities…
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27 July 2009
UCU today said it was very concerned that Lord Mandelson appeared to give a green light to higher university tuition fees for students in a speech on the future…
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27 July 2009
Half of universities planning to axe staff are breaking the law by failing to carry out legally required equality impact assessments. UCU has written to the Equality…
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24 July 2009
UCU today slammed the decision by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to reduce funding for university teaching by £65 million. The union said…
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24 July 2009
UCU has condemned London Metropolitan University (LMU) for using the same discredited student completion records that plunged the institution into crisis as a way…
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23 July 2009
UCU today attacked the decision by the government and the Office For Fair Access (OFFA) to renege on a promise that the poorest students would have their full university…
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21 July 2009
UCU has backed calls for greater local access to higher education but warned that new recommendations for students to study some degrees for free, in return for…
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