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20 November 2006
This afternoon's decision to axe the physics department at Reading University is part of potentially irreversible decline of UK science that could soon see parts…
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20 November 2006
A new push in colleges in England that haven't yet brought lecturers' pay closer to that of school teachers was announced today by UCU. Thanks to determined action…
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17 November 2006
Guidance issued to colleges and universities on combating extremism on campus is an improvement on previous leaked drafts but won't solve all the problems and doesn't…
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16 November 2006
Strike action in Northern Ireland FE branches on 16 November was once again strongly supported by members, reports regional official Jim McKeown. UCU congratulates…
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15 November 2006
UCU has responded to elements in the Queen's speech regarding further and higher education. UCU joint general secretaries, Paul Mackney and Sally Hunt said: 'UCU…
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15 November 2006
Staff and students at Reading University will be seeking to overturn the proposed closure of Reading University's physics department at a lobby on Monday 20 November.…
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15 November 2006
UCU, which represents lecturers at Keighley College, is urging the college's governors to ditch any idea of merging the college with another one as far away as…
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14 November 2006
Britain's newest university, Edge Hill University, at Ormskirk in Lancashire, will soon be the scene of higher education's newest strike unless its vice-chancellor…
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10 November 2006
Lecturers at Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges will take strike action again next Thursday, 16 November. This is the fifth day of strike action in…
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10 November 2006
Colleges and universities are failing to prevent unfair disadvantage to their ethnic minority staff, and should work more closely with unions to resolve this, according…
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