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5 August 2013
UCU is taking its fight to protect workers on fixed-term contracts to the European Commission. The union today presented a complaint to the Commission that says…
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5 August 2013
Research released today suggests that there could be around one million workers in the UK on zero-hours contracts - a marked increase on recently revised estimations…
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31 July 2013
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is investigating the breadth and impact of zero-hours contracts, confirmed deputy prime minister Nick Clegg…
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29 July 2013
UCU today welcomed elements of a new international education strategy from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS). The union said that efforts to…
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22 July 2013
Members of UCU at the University of Liverpool are to be balloted today for strike action in the first ever trade dispute at the university. The news comes as 2,803…
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18 July 2013
A new code of governance for Scottish universities will fail to ensure proper scrutiny of Scottish universities and should be rejected by the government, said the…
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17 July 2013
Responding to the unemployment figures released today (Wednesday), UCU said the government needed to improve access to education and jobs for young people. The…
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16 July 2013
A third of young people currently not in employment, education or training fear they will never get a job, despite the vast majority of them wanting to work or…
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11 July 2013
UCU was last night awarded a TUC Communication Award for its work on the Holocaust. The union submitted a film made by Paul Rey-Burns for the union to commemorate…
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11 July 2013
The average fee at an English university will be £8,619 in September and is expected to rise to £8,748 in the 2014-15 academic year, according to new figures released…
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