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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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12 May 2011
UCU today warned the government that creating more university technical colleges (UTCs) would lead to a two-tier system within further education. Commenting ahead…
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11 May 2011
UCU today warned that universities could face a major programme of sustained industrial action. An increasingly bitter row over the future of staff pensions looks…
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10 May 2011
UCU today warned the government against encouraging the growth of for-profit providers, after it was revealed that Kaplan Higher Education, who runs courses at…
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10 May 2011
The UCU said today that plans to allow wealthy students to buy places at university for highly increased fees highlighted the mess the government's fees policy…
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5 May 2011
Staff at the University of Strathclyde will tomorrow lead protests against proposed cuts to services and the threat to over 100 jobs, as the University Court -…
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5 May 2011
UCU today backed calls for tighter regulation of for-profit education providers. Responding to a new report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), which…
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3 May 2011
Members of UCU at South Tyneside College will today be balloted for strike action in a row over jobs and pay. The ballot result is expected on Monday 16 May. The…
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24 April 2011
The STUC today passed a motion condemning the decision by Robert Gordon University (RGU) to derecognise UCU and Unite trade unions. The derecognition means that…
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19 April 2011
On the day of the deadline for universities to submit their proposed new tuition fees, UCU today said the clear trend to charge the full £9,000 or very close to…
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18 April 2011
Responding to the news that London Metropolitan University is to cut 70% of its courses in a bid for financial sustainability, UCU warned that the government's…
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