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Keep your public promise on fees, UCU tells Liberal Democrats as they reach 'make your mind up time'30 November 2010
As Vince Cable hints at a u-turn, UCU rubbishes claims that entering coalition invalidated promises to oppose fees increase UCU today sent a simple message to the…
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29 November 2010
UCU said today that tomorrow's opposition day debate in the House of Commons on university funding was the opportunity politicians needed to show they were listening…
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25 November 2010
Commenting on today's announcement that the government is scrapping funding for the Aimhigher programme in July 2011, UCU said the government's damning message…
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25 November 2010
UCU said today that the debate on how to fund our universities was not simply a question of higher fees or fewer students. Responding to comments made by the vice-chancellors'…
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24 November 2010
UCU has won a significant legal victory against the University of Stirling. The Glasgow Employment Tribunal ruled that the university broke the law by failing to…
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24 November 2010
Radical government reforms to shift teacher training away from universities and focus it in schools could 'ruin the profession', warned UCU today. The union was…
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23 November 2010
UCU today warned the government against plans to limit immigration and warned restrictions on the number of students and academics able to enter the country would…
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18 November 2010
UCU today warned the government against plans to limit immigration and warned restrictions on the number of students and academics able to enter the country would…
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18 November 2010
The for-profit private provider of higher education in the UK, BPP, has had more than a quarter of its purchase value written off by its US parent company, following…
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18 November 2010
UK students who study abroad may significantly boost their chances of success in later life, says a report released today. Responding to the report, UCU said English…
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