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18 February 2009
Commenting on new guidance and a toolkit to deal with tackling violent extremism in UK colleges, UCU said today that it was pleased the government had taken a number…
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17 February 2009
UCU today welcomed the decision by the University of Plymouth to save key academic jobs. The union said it was pleased that the threat of compulsory redundancies…
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16 February 2009
UCU said today that students and universities needed proper government support if the country was to deliver high quality higher education to all those with the…
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13 February 2009
The university's 'Love and Justice' month has also been dismissed as an ill-timed gimmick. Oxford Brookes University has been accused of putting the health of its…
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12 February 2009
Reading University is under fire over plans to axe its School of Health and Social Care. Critics have slammed moves to shut a department that produces social workers…
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11 February 2009
UCU said today that the fact new and recent graduates are competing in the most competitive graduate job market for years, saddled with record levels of debt, was…
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10 February 2009
Classes will be brought to a standstill at Epping Forest College on Friday 13 February, as members of UCU go on strike in support of former local union rep Hugh…
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9 February 2009
UCU today urged City University to abandon plans to privatise the recruitment, teaching and accommodation of international students. The union is angry at what…
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5 February 2009
Park Lane College in Leeds has been accused of putting the health and safety of its staff and the local population at risk. UCU has reacted angrily to the news…
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5 February 2009
Nine colleges across the country will be brought to a standstill today in a row over their failure to honour a pay deal agreed over four years ago. Members of UCU…
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