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17 March 2011
UCU says that purely financial targets should not be main driver of UK universities. UCU said today that funding cuts to universities in England, a year before…
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16 March 2011
Students at eight Scottish universities will be hit with strike action tomorrow, despite last-minute efforts from UCU to get university employers' representatives…
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16 March 2011
UCU Scotland has called for a greater contribution from business to fund higher education. Ahead of a major announcement on higher education funding in the Scottish…
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16 March 2011
UCU said today that proposals for staff to spy on students would jeopardise the crucial relationship between students and staff and would, again, be given short…
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16 March 2011
Lancaster University lecturers planning to take part in a national strike over pensions have been issued with a chilling warning that, should they die on strike…
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16 March 2011
As employers refuse talks on eve of first UK-wide university strike action in five years, leaked letter says changes cannot go ahead without two sides agreeing…
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15 March 2011
Members of UCU at colleges and universities across the UK will be on strike on Thursday 24 March in a row over changes to pension schemes, jobs losses and pay cuts.…
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15 March 2011
UCU today said it hoped that vice-chancellors' pay would finally receive the scrutiny it needed to stop embarrassing the higher education sector. The union's comments…
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11 March 2011
UCU Scotland has questioned the wisdom of the University of Stirling's decision to effectively shut the only aquaculture institute in Scotland. The university wants…
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11 March 2011
Lecturers who are members of UCU at Liverpool Hope University have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in their ongoing row with the institution…
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