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14 December 2017
Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Cat Smith will visit Lancaster Farms Prison on Friday 15 December to meet education staff UCU said prison education is the key to reducing…
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8 December 2017
Shadow education secretary and students call for negotiations in USS pension dispute Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner and the National Union of Students…
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8 December 2017
University of Sussex vice-chancellor got £230,000 pay-off The University of Sussex is the latest institution in the firing line for excessive senior pay in higher…
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7 December 2017
Only a third of English undergraduate students (32%) consider their course value for money, compared to 50% in 2012, according to a report released by the National…
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7 December 2017
Universities minister Jo Johnson has told the BBC that senior pay in universities will be brought under control by new regulations to be brought in next year. UCU…
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7 December 2017
Staff and students at the University of Birmingham will be staging a protest in University Square by the Staff House steps at 1pm on Friday. UCU members are currently…
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7 December 2017
Commenting on news that the government has sold off part of the student loan book for £1.7bn, at an estimated loss of £800m to taxpayers, UCU general secretary,…
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6 December 2017
Bath Spa University paid vice-chancellor Professor Christina Slade £808,000 last year (2016/17 academic year) reports Times Higher Education . The extraordinary…
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5 December 2017
Ulster University must pay 143 former staff 90 days' pay each after tribunal ruled it broke employment law in a 2015 redundancy process The staff left the university…
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5 December 2017
The National Union of Students (NUS) has today called on university leaders to engage in negotiations to end a dispute over pensions which could see students caught…
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