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3 February 2011
University to face local strike action for the first time in its history over restructure plans UCU today announced that staff at Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC)…
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3 February 2011
University to face local strike action for the first time in its history over restructure plans Members of UCU at the University of West England (UWE) today announced…
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3 February 2011
An esteemed North East based pharmacy lecturer has resigned from his post in protest at how he believes the new system of university finance, which will see tuition…
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2 February 2011
Universities to lose £190m between April and July UCU today accused the government of delivering another 'slap in the face' to the higher education sector and warned…
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2 February 2011
UCU today slammed the decision by Newcastle College to axe 120 teaching jobs at its main college site. The college have presented the union with plans for over…
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29 January 2011
The general secretary of UCU will today tell protestors at a Manchester demonstration that the government is betraying an entire generation of young people through…
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28 January 2011
UCU today accused East Durham College of breaking the law as it looks to axe 73 staff. The union says the college has a legal duty to consult with recognised unions…
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27 January 2011
UCU today accused the government of ducking further scrutiny of its 'punitive' plans for university funding after it added reforms to the student loans system in…
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26 January 2011
UCU today responded to figures on graduate unemployment published today, which show that it has reached a 10-year high with one in five recent graduates unable…
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26 January 2011
Following on from November's march that saw 50,000 students, lecturers and supporters protesting against higher tuition fees and cuts in teaching and support in…
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