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22 July 2014
UCU today re-emphasised its opposition to zero-hours contracts at an industry briefing on atypical and zero-hours contracts hosted by conciliation experts Acas.…
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22 July 2014
The time has come for government to seriously reconsider the current system of tuition fee loans in English higher education, UCU said today. Speaking in response…
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18 July 2014
College announce 119 job losses and pay cut plans as staff break up for the summer • College refuses union's demand to delay consultation until after staff return…
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17 July 2014
National bursary scheme would simplify 'labyrinth' poorest students currently have to navigate • Further education colleges put universities to shame as they spend…
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15 July 2014
UCU today welcomed the new further and higher education ministers and said it was looking forward to discussing the important issues that face them in their new…
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15 July 2014
Standard and Poor's report advised against job cuts, warned about reputational damage and identified risks with building projects. King's is pushing ahead with…
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15 July 2014
UCU members delivered a giant postcard to members of the Open University's council this morning, as the institution's senior members met to discuss the future of…
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14 July 2014
Edinburgh Napier University is under fire after it was revealed that it is advertising lecturer posts on zero-hours contracts. UCU has today written* to the institution…
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11 July 2014
UCU has not ruled out the possibility of strike action at K College in a row over jobs losses at the Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford sites. One hundred twenty-seven…
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9 July 2014
UCU today expressed its solidarity with public sector workers on strike tomorrow over cuts in pay and pensions. Analysis from the TUC shows that the average public…
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