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14 October 2009
UCU today warned the Tories against pushing for a rise in university tuition fees. Responding to comments made by David Willetts, UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt,…
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14 October 2009
UCU today said the first Opposition Day debate of the new parliamentary term should set the agenda for much wider debates on the future of university funding as…
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12 October 2009
UCU today said the government had to make a clear case for the sale of public assets, including the student loan book. The union also warned that the government…
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12 October 2009
UCU Scotland is to lobby the Stirling University Court on Monday 19 October amid concerns that it will initiate compulsory redundancies. The union said that cutting…
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9 October 2009
UCU today rejected the full and final offer from the employers' representatives the University and College Employers Association (UCEA). UCU joins both the Educational…
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9 October 2009
UCU has warned that hundreds of jobs could be risk at the University of Leeds after the university announced plans for a £35 million budget cut. The news comes…
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9 October 2009
UCU today blamed poor management for the decision by the University of Gloucestershire to close campuses in Cheltenham and London and to cut jobs at its Francis…
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8 October 2009
UCU Scotland welcomed the news of the Scottish Government's decision that additional funding for student support will be directed to alleviate student hardship.…
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6 October 2009
Members of staff at Birmingham Metropolitan College have been told they will be sent home if they do not follow the college's strict new dress code. UCU has criticised…
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6 October 2009
Ahead of David Willett's Conservative Party conference speech, poll shows Tory voters split over tax breaks The majority of British people (56%) wants private schools…
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