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25 November 2011
UCU today said Michael Gove's calls for more history to be taught at school looked foolish when put alongside government policies that have seen funding for history…
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24 November 2011
UCU said today that the government had to urgently do more to help young people, as official figures revealed that almost one in five 16-24-year-olds (1,163,000)…
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23 November 2011
University says risks of partnership with private firm outweigh potential rewards UCU today welcomed the decision by De Montfort University (DMU) not to allow the…
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18 November 2011
University lecturers in Scotland have voted for strike action in the row over changes to public sector pensions. Members of the University and College Union (UCU)…
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18 November 2011
A cleaner at Grimsby College died of cancer after working in classrooms at the college that contained asbestos, a tribunal has ruled. UCU today said colleges and…
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18 November 2011
Birkbeck College has delivered a devastating assessment of the government's efforts to reform higher education after its academic board backed calls for the government…
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16 November 2011
UCU today welcomed the news that a controversial merger between Newcastle College Group (NCG) and Northumberland College is off. Last night governors at Northumberland…
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16 November 2011
UCU said today that an eighth successive monthly increase in youth unemployment figures had to prompt the government to deliver policies that would help the more…
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10 November 2011
Union says select committee right to highlight dangers of for-profit higher education providers and criticise delays to white paper UCU today backed calls for the…
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8 November 2011
UCU said today that government plans to shake up teacher training risked decimating the professionalism of teaching. The union was responding to plans from education…
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