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13 December 2012
Commenting on the drop in the number of students at university this year, UCU said the record fall represented a failure of the government's higher education policies.…
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12 December 2012
Speaking ahead of a speech today by home secretary, Theresa May, on immigration, UCU said hardline and ill-conceived policies on immigration remained the biggest…
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12 December 2012
UCU and the National Union of Students (NUS) have today written to the minister for universities and science, David Willetts, asking him to block any moves to grant…
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6 December 2012
UCU has today written to the Public Accounts Committee asking for an inquiry into the trebling of taxpayers' money going to private providers of higher education…
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6 December 2012
UK universities' student:staff ratios (SSRs) are inaccurate and should come with a health warning, argues a paper from UCU available today. The SSR remains a significant…
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30 November 2012
Commenting on the news that the University of Strathclyde last night won the coveted Times Higher Education University of the Year award, UCU Scotland said the…
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29 November 2012
Two-thirds of institutions will see a drop in places • Some institutions to lose almost three-quarters of their places More than two-thirds of higher education…
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28 November 2012
Sally Hunt, general secretary of UCU, today responded to news today that fewer people are applying to university, compared to this time last year. She said, 'It…
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27 November 2012
UCU today welcomed many of the proposals for the future of apprenticeships recommended by Doug Richards in his review, but warned against introducing competition…
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22 November 2012
One in six (17%) young people (aged 16-24) in England are not in education, employment or training (so-called NEETs), according to government statistics released…
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