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7 February 2011
Responding to today's announcement from the government that over 100,000 apprenticeships will be created, UCU warned that thousands of young people could still…
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4 February 2011
Warning comes on same day as Labour leader says that young people will be worse off than their parents The head of UCU, Sally Hunt, today wrote to the education…
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3 February 2011
University to face local strike action for the first time in its history over restructure plans UCU today announced that staff at Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC)…
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3 February 2011
University to face local strike action for the first time in its history over restructure plans Members of UCU at the University of West England (UWE) today announced…
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3 February 2011
An esteemed North East based pharmacy lecturer has resigned from his post in protest at how he believes the new system of university finance, which will see tuition…
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2 February 2011
Universities to lose £190m between April and July UCU today accused the government of delivering another 'slap in the face' to the higher education sector and warned…
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2 February 2011
UCU today slammed the decision by Newcastle College to axe 120 teaching jobs at its main college site. The college have presented the union with plans for over…
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29 January 2011
The general secretary of UCU will today tell protestors at a Manchester demonstration that the government is betraying an entire generation of young people through…
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28 January 2011
UCU today accused East Durham College of breaking the law as it looks to axe 73 staff. The union says the college has a legal duty to consult with recognised unions…
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27 January 2011
UCU today accused the government of ducking further scrutiny of its 'punitive' plans for university funding after it added reforms to the student loans system in…
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