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13 July 2017
Commenting on the latest figures for full-time undergraduate applications for the 2017 UCAS cycle made by the 30 June deadline, UCU said the time had come for a…
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12 July 2017
Commenting on the Sutton Trust's report into social mobility released today, UCU said that education was key to improving social mobility. UCU general secretary,…
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11 July 2017
Responding to Matthew Taylor's report looking at modern working practices, UCU said insecure workers needed rights not sympathy to end the abuse of exploitative…
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7 July 2017
Poorest students hit hardest by new funding regime Students from the poorest backgrounds are leaving university with the most debt thanks to the government's decision…
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7 July 2017
Teesside University is under fire for 'bizarre' plans to make all its professors reapply for their jobs over the summer. UCU said the university has not explained…
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6 July 2017
UCU today welcomed plans from the Labour party to invest in a 'National Education Service' modelled on the NHS. The union said the proposals, which will allow adults…
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5 July 2017
Commenting on a new report released today from the Institute for Fiscal Studies illustrating the effects of changes to higher education finance since 2012, UCU…
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3 July 2017
Commenting on the findings of a report looking at the controversial anti-terror programme 'Prevent' , UCU said the government should conduct proper research into…
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30 June 2017
UCU criticises government's plans for EU citizens UCU general secretary Sally Hunt this week criticised government proposals for EU citizens' rights post-Brexit,…
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29 June 2017
Following news that the University of Manchester has appointed George Osborne as an honorary professor of economics, UCU said it thought the university's decision…
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