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3 December 2014
Bolder measures are needed to encourage more people into postgraduate study and to ensure the replenishment of the academic profession, UCU said today. Speaking…
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2 December 2014
Students at alternative higher education providers have claimed taxpayer-backed financial support they were not entitled to and 20% of students were not even properly…
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27 November 2014
Universities performing best at recruiting trainee teachers according to new government data Schools across England are at risk of teacher shortages in key subject…
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27 November 2014
Lecturers at Sheffield Hallam University who are on casualised contracts want proper full-time contracts, according to a survey of staff released today. Four-fifths…
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26 November 2014
UCU members at Lambeth College have today announced a wave of strikes that will culminate in all-out indefinite strike action from 19 January if a row over contracts…
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26 November 2014
The number of people starting an apprenticeship fell by 13.7% this year and the number of adult learners dropped by 10.7%, according to government figures released…
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25 November 2014
The next government must look again at student finance and consider radical alternatives to the current system says UCU as it launches its 15-point pre-election…
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24 November 2014
UCU members at Barnsley College will be on strike on Wednesday and Thursday this week (26 and 27 November) in a row over new contracts. Union members will be on…
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21 November 2014
UCU members at the Open University will lobby a meeting of the university's council on Tuesday (25 November) in protest at plans that could see around 700 jobs…
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20 November 2014
Joint statement from Universities UK and UCU The University and College Union (UCU) and Universities UK (UUK) have confirmed, following discussions yesterday (Wednesday),…
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