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1 September 2006
UCU has today called for new legal requirements to bring about a sea-change in workplace training. This follows the publication of a new TUC report, 2020 vision…
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24 August 2006
The first open competition for the provision of 16-19 vocational learning has raised fears amongst college lecturers that it could be the start of a creeping privatisation…
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23 August 2006
The results of the second National Student Survey (NSS) released today reveal that around 80 per cent of students are satisfied with their course. UCU joint general…
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17 August 2006
Commenting on today's A-level results, University and College Union joint general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'Today should be a day for celebration for the thousands…
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11 August 2006
Staff at a Hertfordshire college have been spared from the Hobson's choice of taking a pay cut or redundancy, after successful negotiations between the University…
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3 August 2006
The number of complaints lodged by students against their universities doubled in 2005, according to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education's…
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28 July 2006
After lobbying by UCU, prison educators have won guarantees that the cost and value of their pension will remain effectively unchanged despite a change of employer.…
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28 July 2006
Lecturers at Stoke on Trent College will begin continuous industrial action on Monday (July 31) in protest at their management's plans to press ahead with up to…
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27 July 2006
A year long dispute between Brunel University and UCU has been resolved today. The dispute was called by the Association of University Teachers (now part of the…
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26 July 2006
UCU has now received from the Electoral Reform Society the results of a consultative membership ballot on proposed changes to the Teachers Pension Scheme. The ballot…
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