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12 November 2009
A college lecturer has been left with permanent damage to his hearing after being exposed to excessive noise at work. Malcolm Hipkin, 65, from Gateshead received…
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11 November 2009
UCU today said any positive news in today's Skills for Growth - The National Skills Strategy, launched by Lord Mandelson, would be lost in the confusion over the…
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10 November 2009
The University of Leeds looks increasingly likely to be disrupted by strike action after UCU called an official dispute with the university and its members voted…
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10 November 2009
Members of the UCU will be taking strike action at the University of Westminster on 13 November in a row over four years' pay. The union said that its members had…
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9 November 2009
Secret government plans to axe staff in further education colleges to meet huge budget cuts would make a mockery of the government's much-vaunted commitment to…
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9 November 2009
UCU today said the fees review, announced this morning by Lord Mandelson, had to properly scrutinise every aspect of university funding and not just tuition fees…
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8 November 2009
UCU today said the government had to listen to the general public as it prepares to launch a review into the future of higher education funding. On the eve of the…
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4 November 2009
UCU Cymru has today called on Welsh Assembly ministers to urgently review the impact of radical changes to childcare qualifications amid fears that child protection…
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4 November 2009
UCU said today that universities should be congratulated for the impressive, and largely unrecognised, work they do in generating wealth for the economy. A report…
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4 November 2009
UCU has begun employment tribunal proceedings against the University of Stirling. The union says the university has 'flagrantly breached' employment law by failing…
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