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England 'must do better' as Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland provide grants for college students12 February 2013
England is the only nation in the UK that no longer provides grants for college students, following confirmation today (Tuesday) that Northern Ireland is keeping…
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12 February 2013
The lack of skilled workers is hampering the fight against cyber crime, warned a report released today (Tuesday) has warned. The number of IT and cyber security…
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8 February 2013
Britain's cities are blighted by hotspots of educational under-achievement where a high percentage of residents have no qualifications, according to new analysis…
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7 February 2013
Members of UCU at Halesowen College will take strike action next Thursday (Valentine's Day) as part of their increasingly bitter dispute over the sacking of four…
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4 February 2013
Members of UCU at Halesowen College have voted in favour of strike action as a bitter dispute over the sacking of four maths lecturers continues. The union is expected…
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31 January 2013
UCU Scotland has welcomed figures that showed a 7.1% increase in student applications to Scottish universities and an increase of 2% in Scots applying to UK institutions.…
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31 January 2013
The chairs of five influential committees of cross-party MPs and peers* will today write to the prime minister to urge him to remove international students from…
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30 January 2013
Today's figures for university entry this autumn do not demonstrate that applications are back on track, warned UCU. The union said that applications should have…
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29 January 2013
The number of people starting engineering and advanced manufacturing apprenticeships has increased by more than 85% in the past two years, according to new figures…
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29 January 2013
A report, published today by UCU, warns that at the current pace of change it will take almost 40 years (38.8) for the proportion of female professors to reach…
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