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15 April 2008
Lecturers in every Welsh FE college will strike for one day on Wednesday 16 April. The dispute has been called by the lecturers' union UCU following the failure…
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14 April 2008
College lecturers in England have voted to strike on Thursday 24 April in support of a demand to bring their pay up to that of schoolteachers. Lecturers in over…
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14 April 2008
UCU today warned against allowing business too great an influence over the content and design of university courses. Responding to the High Level Skills consultation…
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11 April 2008
UCU today welcomed a report from the higher education statistics agency (HESA) that revealed a financially buoyant higher education sector. The union said that…
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8 April 2008
UCU said today that attempts to attract more students from poorer backgrounds were to be applauded, but the government had to recognise that a punitive financial…
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5 April 2008
Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary, expressed deep sadness today at the death of Steve Sinnott, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers. 'I am devastated…
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4 April 2008
Colleges and universities have been told to tighten their health and safety procedures or expect prosecutions, after an incident in which a lecturer was badly injured…
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4 April 2008
UCU Scotland Congress, taking place today, will include debate on the 'huge unaccountable' salaries awarded to university principals, and the pay and conditions…
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3 April 2008
Responding to a report by the Higher Education Policy Institute, UCU has warned that whatever method was used to increase student contributions to the cost of higher…
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3 April 2008
Members of UCU from around the country will be joining their colleagues at Keele University today as part of a protest at the university's plans which have left…
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