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2 March 2017
Sally Hunt has been re-elected as UCU general secretary, defeating her only opponent Jo McNeill by a margin of 2,552 votes. She won 59% of the votes cast. UCU…
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1 March 2017
The University and College Union has today responded to Hull College's announcement that group chief executive, Gary Warke, has decided to leave the college. The…
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27 February 2017
More investment in further education is urgently required to rebuild capacity in the sector, UCU said today. The union was responding to the Institute for Fiscal…
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24 February 2017
UCU Scotland has today criticised the University of Edinburgh's decision to close a key course training primary school teachers. The university announced this week…
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24 February 2017
UCU report exposes university heads' pay rises and perks University heads received an average salary package of £277,834 for the academic year 2015/16 - an increase…
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24 February 2017
Commenting on the news of government proposals for two-years degrees costing up to £13,000 per year, the University and College Union (UCU) said it feared ministers…
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23 February 2017
People working in education are among those most likely to be putting in unpaid overtime and clocking up 12.1 free hours a week, according to figures released today.…
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23 February 2017
Commenting on the publication of the annual grant letter today, UCU said it was disappointed with an overall drop in funding and that universities minister Jo…
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23 February 2017
Education is the key to reducing reoffending and ministers must ensure it is at the heart of prison reform, UCU said today. Speaking as the prisons and courts bill…
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23 February 2017
Science, engineering and technology are the areas that would suffer most from a university Brexit brain drain, suggest new figures released today. The data, from…
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