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21 May 2012
UCU today announced that members at Sunderland College have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in a row over pay. A date for the action will be discussed…
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18 May 2012
UCU today announced that its members at the University of West England (UWE) will be balloted for strike action in a dispute over workloads. The ballot opens today…
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18 May 2012
Staff and students at the University of Sussex will be protesting against plans to privatise university's support services next week. Campus trade unions today…
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18 May 2012
UCU has today written to the universities minister, David Willetts, calling for urgent changes to the way the government regulates private higher education providers.…
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18 May 2012
The government's reforms of higher education funding, including fees of £9,000, will force public sector debt to increase by as much as £100bn over the next 20…
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17 May 2012
Students with the least contact time at university are the most dissatisfied, according to a new survey released today by the Higher Education policy Unit (HEPI).…
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15 May 2012
Following the news that the government has terminated A4e's Mandatory Work Activity contract after it said there were 'significant weaknesses in A4e's internal…
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15 May 2012
The University of Warwick was accused of 'profiteering' today after it was revealed that 36 posts at the Warwick Business School face the axe, despite students…
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11 May 2012
Just one in 10 people aged 24 and over would definitely undertake a further education course at college if controversial plans to charge student loans are brought…
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11 May 2012
Combating plans for privatisation, reforming the union, reducing workloads and defending pensions are just some of the topics to be debated by lecturers and academic-related…
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