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23 February 2012
UCU today called on the government not to award more contracts for prison education to the beleaguered welfare-to-work company A4e. Despite being subject to criminal…
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23 February 2012
The number of full-time undergraduate courses on offer at UK universities has fallen by more than a quarter (27%) since 2006, according to a report published today…
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16 February 2012
UCU said today that changes to how students repay student loans exposed how we really are not 'all in this together'. The union said the government should be focusing…
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15 February 2012
UCU said today that cuts to the number of places at university and plans to saddle people who wish to return to college with huge debts had to be rethought as unemployment…
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13 February 2012
UCU Wales today said it had concerns over the motives behind Cardiff Metropolitan University's threat of a judicial review if they are forced to merge with the…
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10 February 2012
Members of UCU in the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) will be asked if they are prepared to take further strike action in the continuing row over government changes…
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10 February 2012
Lowest earning students will pay back more than double what they borrow under new college fee regime Students aged over 24 who go on to earn less than the national…
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8 February 2012
UK behind 18 European countries in table of educational achievement • UCU fears UK may fall further behind European rivals as access to education made harder Fewer…
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7 February 2012
Responding to a report today from the children's charity Barnardo's, which criticises the Government's 'disastrous' decision to slash funding for the poorest college…
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2 February 2012
UCU today welcomed the news that there will be an independent review of staff development in further education but said that in order to meet its remit it must…
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