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23 February 2010
UCU today welcomed the news from Northern Ireland that there won't be an increase in university tuition fees. The union said it was pleased that the university…
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18 February 2010
UCU today said that colleges and universities needed to be upfront about why so many more members of senior staff were now earning high salaries. Analysis from…
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12 February 2010
Young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) will quiz politicians on Wednesday 24 February about their policies for education. The youngsters,…
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12 February 2010
UCU has today called on members of the Aberystwyth University Council to halt controversial plans to make more than 100 members of staff at the Institute of Biological,…
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12 February 2010
The University of Leeds has been asked by the Visitor* of the university (Lord Mandelson in his capacity as Lord President of the Council) to put its cost cutting…
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11 February 2010
UCU today said Lord Mandelson would be better off engaging with academics instead of insulting them. Responding to the business secretary's speech earlier today,…
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11 February 2010
UCU said today that forcing students to pick up the bill for higher education was an astonishingly weak, but somewhat predictable conclusion from the Policy Exchange.…
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10 February 2010
Strike action at the University of Leeds has been confirmed today by UCU. Members of the union announced a rolling programme of industrial action with one-day strikes…
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9 February 2010
Trade unions representing staff at the University of Westminster have accused the institution of plucking figures from the air to try and justify a round of 'punishing…
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8 February 2010
UCU Scotland criticised the Scottish government for slashing the numbers of new student teachers by over 1,500 (40%) this year. The union said the move would compromise…
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