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3 August 2007
UCU Scotland praises the decision by the Scottish Government to waive undergraduate university fees for asylum-seekers. Even when refugees meet the criteria for…
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2 August 2007
UCU has endorsed concerns of the Commons Education and Skills Select Committee about some elements of the government's strategy for improving post-16 skills. A…
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1 August 2007
UCU today welcomed the latest 3% pay rise for higher education staff. The rise is part of the pay deal thrashed out last year between the union and the Universities…
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26 July 2007
UCU warned today that more must be done to help students from non-traditional backgrounds when they arrive at university. The union was commenting on the National…
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25 July 2007
A decade after the groundbreaking Dearing report on higher education the same problems originally highlighted in the report have not been resolved, said Sally Hunt,…
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20 July 2007
London Metropolitan University and UCU are pleased to announce that, following a meeting, chaired by Brendan Barber (general secretary of the TUC) on 18 July 2007…
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20 July 2007
Lecturers at Southampton University will be decked in black today at graduation ceremonies at Southampton University. Graduation day is usually a time for celebration,…
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20 July 2007
Responding to university application figures released today by the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), UCU Scotland warned that the decline in the…
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19 July 2007
UCU today responded to the performance indicators released today by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The indicators provide comparative data on the…
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18 July 2007
UCU today called on the government to 'rebalance' its plan for the development of skills throughout England by giving less attention to employers' demands and more…
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