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3 November 2009
UCU today said it was deeply concerned by the language used by the government ahead of its unveiling of a new framework for higher education. The union said reducing…
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2 November 2009
UCU today said that all political parties needed to clearly set out their plans for education funding, as new figures revealed that competition for university places…
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30 October 2009
The 2009 Woman Political Journalist of the year, Lesley Abdela, has cancelled an appearance at London Metropolitan University (London Met) in solidarity with the…
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28 October 2009
UCU today said that Sir Andrew Cubie's call for greater student contributions to the cost of university education was out of touch with the rest of the political…
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28 October 2009
Members of UCU at Glyndŵr University are to be balloted on strike action in support of their branch chair, Hamish Murphy, who has been dismissed from his post for…
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27 October 2009
Union says trust between university and staff has gone, with emergency meeting called for Wednesday to discuss action. UCU today warned that Swansea University…
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23 October 2009
UCU today said the University of Bolton had 'jumped the gun' in announcing plans for job cuts. The university has announced plans to axe 61 posts but the union…
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23 October 2009
UCU today said that the idea to introduce league tables in universities and colleges probably sounded quite good at focus group level, but will receive short shrift…
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22 October 2009
UCU has called on Swansea University's Council to reject management plans to make up to a dozen lecturers and professors redundant at its School of Environment…
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21 October 2009
New government security guidance for further education colleges should have been devised with proper input from staff and students if it was to stand a real chance…
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