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25 January 2013
Anyone aged 24 and above who wants to do high level apprenticeship, such as in engineering, will have to pay thousands of pounds to do the work-based course if…
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23 January 2013
People opposing the controversial sacking of four trade unionists at Halesowen College will take their protests to the streets of Halesowen on Saturday with a march…
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23 January 2013
The education secretary Michael Gove's plans to reform A and AS levels are another attempt to entrench elitism in education, said UCU today. The union was responding…
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23 January 2013
Young people need access to better careers guidance says a report from the Education Committee of MPs released today. The report also argues that careers guidance…
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21 January 2013
As the Conservative's new education spokesperson in the Lords, John Nash, is officially 'introduced' today, UCU highlighted how he has already benefited from the…
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21 January 2013
Opponents of plans to privatise the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) are meeting tomorrow night at 5pm to consider the next steps in their campaign to halt…
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14 January 2013
State funding for teaching in English universities is being cut by 25% in 2013-14, compared with 2012-13, according to figures released today. The analysis, by…
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14 January 2013
The increasingly bitter dispute between Halesowen College and UCU looks set to worsen as the union announced today that staff would be balloted for strike action…
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10 January 2013
UCU said today that plans to shut seven public prisons and reduce the capacity for prisoners would do nothing to enhance the likelihood of fewer prisoners reoffending.…
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10 January 2013
Vice-chancellors at Britain's most selective universities were criticised today for enjoying huge pay rises as their staff endured year-on-year real terms pay cuts.…
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