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3 March 2011
Responding to this morning's publication of the Wolf review of vocational education, UCU said young people needed access to a broad curriculum and must not be forced…
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2 March 2011
UCU today said universities faced rolling industrial action from Monday 21 March if the current row over the future of staff pensions could not be resolved. UCU…
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2 March 2011
UCU said today that the universities minister, David Willetts's attempts to encourage universities to limit fees to around £6,000 for arts and humanities courses…
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2 March 2011
As pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline announces a £3m fund for graduates, UCU says big business must finally start paying for benefits it enjoys from higher education…
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1 March 2011
UCU has called for a greater contribution from business to fund higher education. Speaking at a summit on the future of Scottish universities, UCU Scottish official,…
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1 March 2011
UCU said today that the universities minister, David Willetts's attempts to encourage universities to limit fees to around £6,000 for arts and humanities courses…
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1 March 2011
UCU said today that the government was showing 'disgraceful neglect' towards universities and the academic community as it announced plans for the future of university…
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28 February 2011
Members of the UCU at Heriot-Watt University are starting industrial action after the institution's management refused to negotiate with the union. Staff say they…
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25 February 2011
UCU said today (Friday) that the government was wrong to allow private education providers access to taxpayers' money to keep their fees down. The union was commenting…
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25 February 2011
UCU said today that the government must rethink plans to axe 80% of university teaching budgets as it struggles to find a way to restrict the level of fees some…
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