2014
UCU news from 2014
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10 November 2014
UCU has said that simple cost-benefit analysis of teacher training routes doesn't address the long-term threats to university education departments caused by competitive…
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7 November 2014
The University of Aberdeen has joined a growing list of UK universities to criticise damaging plans put forward by the employers' organisation, Universities UK,…
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7 November 2014
The Scottish government today launching a consultation for a planned higher education governance bill next year. Mary Senior, UCU Scotland Official, said: 'UCU…
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6 November 2014
As an assessment and marking boycott affecting over 1.2 million students starts today, UCU has written to the 69 affected universities* and warned of even greater…
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4 November 2014
Thousands of staff members at colleges and universities across the UK are being encouraged to put pressure on their MPs on 5 November as part of a day of action…
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31 October 2014
The suspended vice-chancellor of Plymouth University has received an overwhelming vote of no confidence from staff at the institution. In a ballot of UCU members,…
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30 October 2014
Moving teacher training away from universities and into schools, is leading to a shortage of teachers for key science, technology, engineering and maths subjects,…
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27 October 2014
UCU members in 69 UK universities* will begin an assessment boycott on Thursday 6 November. The assessment boycott will stop students being set coursework or receiving…
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24 October 2014
The University of Warwick is today the latest institution to break rank and criticise the universities' umbrella group Universities UK over its handling of changes…
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23 October 2014
Universities have once again been accused of using misleading information in a row about changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) - the pension scheme…
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