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30 October 2013
Classes at Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Hope University have already been cancelled ahead of a strike tomorrow by members of UCU, Unite and UNISON…
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30 October 2013
Staff at universities across Scotland will be on strike tomorrow as members of UCU, UNISON and Unite take their first ever coordinated strike action in a row over…
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29 October 2013
Unions disappointed employers refused talks to try and avert Thursday's walkout UK universities will be hit with the most widespread disruption for years on Thursday…
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25 October 2013
The USS pension fund provides a vital benefit and is highly valued by university staff. UCU is strongly committed to ensuring the financial stability of the fund…
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24 October 2013
Figures released today show an increase in overall numbers of young people going to university. However, UCU warned that a raft of policies will do little to close…
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23 October 2013
Too many prisoners spend too long in their cells with nothing constructive to do, warned the chief inspector of prisons today. UCU said that a more thoughtful approach…
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22 October 2013
Commenting on polling commissioned by the TES that has found only a quarter of young people were told about apprenticeships in their career lessons at school, UCU…
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21 October 2013
Durham University has been asked to clarify whether or not it pays all its teaching staff after extracurricular classes being taught by unpaid volunteers in the…
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21 October 2013
David Willetts's call for a 'cultural change back towards teaching' in UK universities is at odds with his government's creation of a 'funding monster' that values…
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17 October 2013
UCU today welcomed calls from Alan Milburn, Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, to help the poorest families in society. The union said the…
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