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22 May 2014
Spending watchdog to investigate potential misuse of public funds • Government repeatedly ignored warnings about standards in for-profit colleges UCU today welcomed…
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22 May 2014
Government repeatedly ignored warnings about standards in for-profit colleges • Public money going to private colleges rocketed from £42m to £340m in just two years…
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21 May 2014
Over 120 jobs are under threat at King's College London (KCL) at a time when the institution is engaged in a £400m renewal of its estate. King's is looking to reduce…
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21 May 2014
The Dundee University branch of UCU has today begun balloting members for strike action over the university's plans to cut staff numbers by up to 120. The ballot…
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20 May 2014
UCU today pledged to fight a 'rushed' redundancy process at Stockport College that has put nearly 150 jobs at risk. The union claims the college has rushed into…
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20 May 2014
The executive body of the Open University (OU) has agreed to implement plans to close the university's regional centre in East Grinstead. The plans announced on…
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19 May 2014
UCU has rejected a 0.7% pay offer and told England's college bosses to come back to the negotiating table with an offer that addresses members' falling pay over…
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16 May 2014
A dispute at Lambeth College over changes to working conditions is set to continue after talks aimed at avoiding further strike action collapsed this week, UCU…
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15 May 2014
Members of UCU are lobbying pay talks on 16 May to call for a pay rise for further education lecturers. The talks, between unions and the Association of Colleges…
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15 May 2014
UCU today named and shamed the minority of UK universities that are deducting a full day's pay from staff who took two hours' strike action during the recent pay…
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