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27 April 2009
The higher education unions - the University and College Union (UCU), EIS, GMB, UNISON and Unite - today unanimously rejected a 'derisory' pay offer from the national…
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27 April 2009
Lecturers balloted for industrial action as employers refuse to discuss job protection agreement Five hundred jobs in healthcare training are at risk due to budget…
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24 April 2009
UCU has vowed to fight plans for 140 redundancies at the Centre for Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University. The union said the university could not hide behind…
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23 April 2009
Government must reverse funding cuts for 'second chance' students, says union UCU today said it welcomed news that applications to UK universities and colleges…
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23 April 2009
UCU has warned that higher education could be brought to a standstill as the union announced that it is balloting its members in higher education over job cuts…
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22 April 2009
UCU today welcomed increased investment in further education in the budget. However, the union said the government needed to recognise that quality training to…
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21 April 2009
UCU today called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, to find 'much needed' extra funding for further education in this year's budget. In a joint…
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21 April 2009
UCU argues world has changed dramatically since 'calamitous' decision to axe access to second chance courses. UCU said today that tomorrow's budget is the opportunity…
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15 April 2009
UCU has today welcomed the news that the Welsh Assembly Government is to inject £8.9m into the FE sector in Wales to support those colleges and school sixth forms…
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8 April 2009
Responding to an announcement by Assembly Government Ministers of additional funding for further education, UCU said it was a 'victory for the campaigning and hard…
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