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2 February 2012
UCU today welcomed the news that there will be an independent review of staff development in further education but said that in order to meet its remit it must…
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2 February 2012
UCU Scotland welcomes a report calling for increased involvement of staff and student unions in the governance of universities. The report by The Review of Higher…
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30 January 2012
The number of English students applying to Scottish universities has fallen 5.6% according to figures released by the university admissions service UCAS. The figures…
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30 January 2012
UCU has responded to news today that 10% fewer people have applied to English universities compared to this time last year. Sally Hunt, general secretary of the…
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25 January 2012
Responding to the release of the higher education funding letter today, UCU said that the government's funding plans were an untried experiment that would be disastrous…
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25 January 2012
UCU today said the government should listen to President Obama's 'timely reminder' about the importance of funding education and university research. The union…
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24 January 2012
UCU today welcomed reports that American-style government plans to allow private for-profit companies access to publicly-subsidised student loans have been shelved.…
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23 January 2012
On Friday 20 January, the national executive committee (NEC) of UCU voted to reject the government's reforms of the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS). The changes,…
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19 January 2012
UCU today warned that class sizes in higher education could rise after new figures revealed that the number of staff teaching in the sector had fallen as student…
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18 January 2012
UCU today (Wednesday) said the government's untried experiment of shifting the burden of funding degrees from the state to the student was causing chaos at universities…
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