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27 May 2009
UCU today called on the government to protect jobs in further and higher education. Kicking off the three-day conference, UCU president, Sasha Callaghan, said:…
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22 May 2009
UCU has accused the government of misleading the public and shirking its responsibility over its refusal to have a full independent inquiry into the financial mess…
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20 May 2009
The higher education unions - UCU, EIS, GMB, UNISON and Unite - have unanimously rejected a 'derisory' pay offer from the national employers of just 0.4%. The unions…
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20 May 2009
Croydon College will be brought to a standstill on 20 May in a row over its failure to honour a pay deal agreed over four years ago. Classes will be cancelled and…
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19 May 2009
London Metropolitan University (LMU) has today appointed Alfred Morris as its new interim vice-chancellor. The news comes as MPs prepare to press the government…
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19 May 2009
The number of complaints lodged by students against their universities increased by 23 per cent in 2008 from the previous year, according to the Office of the Independent…
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15 May 2009
City College Birmingham could be brought to a grinding halt as staff are gearing up for strike action in their campaign to save 74 jobs. The college has threatened…
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15 May 2009
Plans to axe the philosophy, politics and communications and statistics departments at Liverpool University have been dropped after protests from lecturers and…
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15 May 2009
Members of UCU at Cardiff University will today demonstrate at Cardiff University over plans to axe 140 jobs and cut 250 courses at the institution's Centre for…
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13 May 2009
The six further education unions, ACM, ATL, GMB, UCU, UNISON and UNITE*, representing 250,000 staff working in colleges in England have formally rejected an offer…
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