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30 October 2006
Ever increasing bureaucracy is putting enormous pressure on higher education staff, UCU said today in response to a report on the academic experience of students.…
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30 October 2006
UCU joint general secretary, Paul Mackney, today told a rally of thousands of students from across the UK that lecturers fully back their call for an abolition…
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26 October 2006
The joint general secretary of UCU, Sally Hunt, will today tell academics at Reading University that the planned closure of the university's award-winning physics…
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25 October 2006
Talks to address a discriminatory pay system at Havering College have begun to make progress, says lecturers' union UCU. Lecturers felt so strongly about the system…
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23 October 2006
UCU has questioned if the Learning and Skills Council consulted the Health and Safety Commission before announcing that it will withdraw funding from vital health…
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20 October 2006
UCU is concerned about courses cuts for older learners, job losses, and worsening pay and conditions, after a second proposed restructuring has been announced at…
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19 October 2006
Community affairs minister Ruth Kelly must resign if she continues to obstruct equal rights for gays and lesbians, says UCU. The union, representing 110, 000 lecturers…
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18 October 2006
UCU is concerned by today's announcement from the Learning and Skills Council that many people requiring basic English courses, including many asylum-seekers, will…
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18 October 2006
Figures released today show a drop of 3.7 per cent in the total number of accepted applicants on full-time degrees courses from 2005. UCU joint general secretary,…
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18 October 2006
The Equality Challenge Unit, Universities UK and NUS have criticised draft government plans to monitor Muslim students. ECU has issued a statement of explicit support…
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