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13 December 2013
UCU today called on the government to axe its failed experiment to make people aged 24 and above pay to study for an apprenticeship. Earlier this year the government…
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12 December 2013
UCU has confirmed its opposition to segregation on university campuses in light of the recent debate sparked by a report from Universities UK. The union said freedom…
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10 December 2013
UCU strongly supports the right of students to protest against the privatisation of higher education, higher fees and the sale of the student loan book to fund…
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5 December 2013
UCU responded to today's announcement by George Osborne that the cap on student numbers in English universities would be lifted by questioning the way the extra…
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3 December 2013
UCU said today that strikes by staff in colleges and universities had seen some institutions closed, key learning facilities shut, hundreds of classes cancelled,…
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2 December 2013
Universities across Scotland will be hit with strike action tomorrow as staff walk out in a row over pay. Staff will be on picket lines from 7.30am at Glasgow,…
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29 November 2013
The University of the West of Scotland has today announced that it will not be opening on Tuesday 3 December, due to the planned industrial action by four campus…
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29 November 2013
Government ignored repeated warnings that there needed to be a cap on student recruitment • BIS insisted earlier this year that everything was under control and…
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29 November 2013
Universities and colleges will be hit with the most widespread disruption for years on Tuesday as staff walk out in a row over pay. Classes will be cancelled in…
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27 November 2013
UCU has today written to the employers' representatives, the Association of Colleges (AoC), to ask for pay talks to try and avert a strike in England's further…
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