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5 June 2009
UCU today warned Barnsley College it could face industrial disruption if it goes ahead with controversial plans for job cuts. Staff have been told that 53 posts…
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5 June 2009
UCU and the National Union of Students (NUS) are today calling for urgent action to combat the threat of climate change. Today is World Environment Day and the…
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4 June 2009
UCU today said it was outraged and astonished that universities minister, John Denham, had blamed poor teaching for an increase in the percentage of students not…
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4 June 2009
UCU today said that the drop in students from the poorest backgrounds studying at UK universities, coupled with an increase in the number of first degree students…
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4 June 2009
UCU today called for an urgent resolution to the building crisis in further education, after the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) said there would be further delays…
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3 June 2009
Members of UCU at Leeds University today staged a protest over proposed job cuts. About 80 jobs are at risk at the university as part of a restructuring exercise…
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3 June 2009
Liverpool Community College will be brought to a standstill today as staff walk out in a row over pay cuts and longer, and more anti-social, working hours. Members…
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29 May 2009
Government and failing financial systems slammed as general secretary sets out union's plans for the next general election. The government must not make cuts to…
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27 May 2009
UCU today called on the government to protect jobs in further and higher education. Kicking off the three-day conference, UCU president, Sasha Callaghan, said:…
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22 May 2009
UCU has accused the government of misleading the public and shirking its responsibility over its refusal to have a full independent inquiry into the financial mess…
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