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16 October 2006
Teaching at Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges virtually ceased for the fourth time in recent weeks as college lecturers today solidly supported their…
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16 October 2006
UCU has responded to reports this morning that university staff may be asked to spy on Asian-looking and Muslim students. Commenting on the impact the proposed…
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13 October 2006
UCU members at the University of Leeds have secured a victory against their management after going into dispute over the imposition of regrading on 1 June this…
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12 October 2006
Lecturers at Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges will take strike action again next Monday (16 October). This is the fourth day of strike action in…
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12 October 2006
UCU has responded to comments by higher education Minister Bill Rammell, in which he described a university's decision to ban the Muslim face veil as 'the best…
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12 October 2006
More than four fifths of academics (81 per cent) do not support government proposals for the future of research funding, according to a poll released today by UCU.…
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11 October 2006
UCU today warned that plans to transfer offenders from prisons to police cells or inadequate detention centres will increase re-offending rates. UCU, which represents…
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9 October 2006
Lecturers at City College Norwich, who are members of UCU, are incensed by attempts to use the threat of dismissal to force them to accept new contracts of employment.…
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3 October 2006
UCU has expressed 'serious doubts' about a proposed merger of three colleges that are located hundreds of miles apart. The union has learnt that later this month,…
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2 October 2006
UCU has welcomed improvements to maternity and adoption pay and leave, introduced on 1 October, and new rights to flexible working for some employees who provide…
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