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5 July 2007
UCU today welcomed the first statement to the House of Commons from the new secretary of state for the department of innovation, universities and skills, John Denham,…
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4 July 2007
UCU members at Oxford and Cherwell Valley College recently staged a high profile lunchtime protest outside college entrances to draw attention to the failure of…
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29 June 2007
A staffing crisis is set to follow the mass departure of teaching staff from Harlow College. Despite efforts by UCU the college management has failed to provide…
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29 June 2007
UCU has urged the government to implement a one year moratorium on changes in entitlement to free courses in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). Today,…
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28 June 2007
UCU today welcomed the appointment of John Denham as innovation, universities and skills secretary. Responding to the news, UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said:…
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28 June 2007
UCU members at City of Sunderland College are set to ballot on whether to take strike action in defence of teaching jobs threatened with redundancy. Lecturers fear…
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27 June 2007
Ahead of Gordon Brown becoming prime minister later today, UCU urged the former chancellor to back up his consistent warm words on the importance of education through…
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26 June 2007
UCU today warned against increasing the cost of studying at university. On the day Universities UK (UUK) releases a report assessing the impact of top-up fees on…
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20 June 2007
Lecturers at Craven College in Skipton are contemplating taking unprecedented industrial action including strikes. Members of UCU are becoming increasingly frustrated…
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14 June 2007
UCU today signed up to promote the government drive to get employers to commit to a Skills Pledge for their employees. Improving workforce skills was vital, said…
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