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29 April 2020
The number of university staff being referred to occupational health and counselling has shot up in the past decade. The report, from the Higher Education Policy…
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24 April 2020
The University of Manchester has been criticised for threatening staff with job losses and pay cuts in response to the Covid-19 crisis. In an email to staff, the…
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24 April 2020
Report warns of a £2.5bn black hole for universities due to Covid-19 The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing recession will lead to 111,000 fewer UK and 121,000 fewer…
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23 April 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing recession will lead to 111,000 fewer UK and 121,000 fewer international first-year students attending UK universities this year,…
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16 April 2020
According to leaked plans, reported in the student newspaper Palatinate, the university wants to slash face-to-face teaching by as much as 25% , and outsource its…
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9 April 2020
The union described the proposals from Universities UK as "piecemeal" and said they failed to recognise the scale of the problem. UCU said in exchange for the type…
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6 April 2020
The union was responding to a poll from the Higher Education Policy Institute that found almost a third of applicants feel less confident they will get into their…
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3 April 2020
Disadvantaged students could be the big losers under new assessment plans to replace exams this summer The union was responding to news from Ofqual about how GCSEs,…
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2 April 2020
The government must provide immediate support to colleges and universities to ensure they can help lead the recovery when the coronavirus crisis is over In a letter…
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24 March 2020
UCU has welcomed the move to suspend prison education as part of a wider prison lockdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Her Majesty's Prison and Probation…
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