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26 October 2011
UCU today warned that last-minute government plans to remove the legal requirement for colleges to have staff and students on their governance boards would increase…
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26 October 2011
Thousands of members of the UCU and other education trade unions will descend on parliament today to lobby their MPs about potential changes to their pensions.…
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25 October 2011
Public spending on education in the UK is falling at the fastest rate since the 1950s, according to a report released today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies…
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24 October 2011
Survey also reveals A-level students considering cheapest options or not going to university The number of people applying to university has dropped by 9% compared…
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21 October 2011
The University of Sheffield was under fire today for describing life-saving health and safety regulations as a 'nuisance'*. UCU has told its members to be extra…
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20 October 2011
UCU said today that the late decision by the university regulator to allow universities to reset their fee levels for 2012-13 exposed the utter mess of the government's…
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20 October 2011
Robert Gordon University (RGU) and the University and College Union (UCU) are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement on the matter of the recognition…
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19 October 2011
Members of UCU at St Andrews University will share out a 'pensions cake' at 1pm today. The event is happening at the main gate to St Salvator's College, North St,…
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14 October 2011
UCU today welcomed an intervention by Universities UK (UUK) in the pensions dispute that saw industrial action begin at 67 UK universities on Monday. UUK told Times…
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13 October 2011
Colleges are having to top up government bursaries in order to help vulnerable students stay in education, warns a new study released today. The survey of 182 colleges…
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