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8 April 2008
UCU said today that attempts to attract more students from poorer backgrounds were to be applauded, but the government had to recognise that a punitive financial…
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5 April 2008
Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary, expressed deep sadness today at the death of Steve Sinnott, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers. 'I am devastated…
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4 April 2008
Colleges and universities have been told to tighten their health and safety procedures or expect prosecutions, after an incident in which a lecturer was badly injured…
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4 April 2008
UCU Scotland Congress, taking place today, will include debate on the 'huge unaccountable' salaries awarded to university principals, and the pay and conditions…
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3 April 2008
Responding to a report by the Higher Education Policy Institute, UCU has warned that whatever method was used to increase student contributions to the cost of higher…
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3 April 2008
Members of UCU from around the country will be joining their colleagues at Keele University today as part of a protest at the university's plans which have left…
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3 April 2008
Staff at Bournemouth University have delivered a damning vote of no confidence in vice-chancellor Professor Paul Curran. Members of UCU delivered the verdict on…
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2 April 2008
UCU has welcomed the news that members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) have voted in favour of strike action on 24 April in pursuance of their pay demand.…
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2 April 2008
UCU has told the Communities and Local Government (CLG) select committee that laudable government aims to lift migrant workers out of poverty and to deliver its…
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31 March 2008
The initial target date by which all further education college lecturers in England were urged to register as members of the Institute for Learning, the professional…
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