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11 February 2011
UCU today hit out at plans to more than double membership fees for the Institute for Learning (IfL) from £30 to £68 and to transfer the cost from the state to the…
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10 February 2011
UCU today said the government's guidance for universities wishing to charge high fees was merely tinkering with a failed system and would not mask the government's…
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10 February 2011
A week of action to protest against proposed government cuts to the Health and Safety Executive budget is being organised by the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group…
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9 February 2011
UCU today backed calls from the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, for prisoners to be given the right to vote. The union which represents prison educators said…
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9 February 2011
Ahead of tomorrow's expected announcement of how university access agreements will work, UCU has warned that every single English institution with undergraduates…
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9 February 2011
Teachers, students and trade unionists from across Kent will meet at Canterbury Christ Church University at 6pm on Thursday 10 February to discuss plans to fight…
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9 February 2011
Members of UCU at the University of the West of England (UWE) will be on strike on 10 February in protest at controversial restructure plans. Staff will be on picket…
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8 February 2011
UCU today said that Cambridge University's plans to charge the full £9,000 fee with limited support for students from less well-off backgrounds exposed the problems…
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7 February 2011
Responding to today's announcement from the government that over 100,000 apprenticeships will be created, UCU warned that thousands of young people could still…
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4 February 2011
Warning comes on same day as Labour leader says that young people will be worse off than their parents The head of UCU, Sally Hunt, today wrote to the education…
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