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25 April 2012
Over 90% of staff say they have no confidence in vice-chancellor UCU today called on the governors of London Metropolitan University (LMU) to urgently intervene…
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24 April 2012
UCU today said that it will ballot members at Chesterfield College for strike action in a row over jobs and pay. The college has announced plans to make 39 teaching…
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20 April 2012
UCU has urged the Foreign Secretary to demand the release of an Aberdeen Lecturer who is been held by the authorities after flying into Israel this week. The President…
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19 April 2012
Staff in colleges and universities across the UK are receiving reduced pay packets as the rise in their pension contributions takes effect. The average university…
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18 April 2012
Responding to unemployment figures released today, UCU said the government needed to put plans in place to improve access to education and jobs, especially for…
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17 April 2012
UCU today said the government needed to act urgently to protect UK universities and public assets from private equity firms after the College Of Law was sold off…
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6 April 2012
The Association of Colleges (AoC), National Union of Students (NUS), University and College Union (UCU) and UNISON today jointly called for a pause in the implementation…
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29 March 2012
New figures reveal that Scotland has the highest proportion of students dropping out of university in the UK. Almost one in 10 students (9.4% in 2009/10) dropped…
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29 March 2012
The proportion of students who dropped out after their first year at university has increased, particularly among those from disadvantaged areas, according to figures…
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29 March 2012
English universities will see their teaching budgets slashed by a third this academic year (2012/13) and there will be 11,000 fewer student places available as…
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