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17 May 2012
Students with the least contact time at university are the most dissatisfied, according to a new survey released today by the Higher Education policy Unit (HEPI).…
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15 May 2012
Following the news that the government has terminated A4e's Mandatory Work Activity contract after it said there were 'significant weaknesses in A4e's internal…
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15 May 2012
The University of Warwick was accused of 'profiteering' today after it was revealed that 36 posts at the Warwick Business School face the axe, despite students…
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11 May 2012
Just one in 10 people aged 24 and over would definitely undertake a further education course at college if controversial plans to charge student loans are brought…
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11 May 2012
Combating plans for privatisation, reforming the union, reducing workloads and defending pensions are just some of the topics to be debated by lecturers and academic-related…
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9 May 2012
Members of UCU in colleges and universities will tomorrow take 24-hour strike action in protest against changes to their pensions. Around 400,000 union members…
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4 May 2012
Members of UCU at Chesterfield College today voted to take industrial action in a row over jobs and pay. Nine in ten (88%) of those who voted voted for strike action.…
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1 May 2012
Crisis talks tomorrow to avert strike action as 200 union members march across campus in noisy protest Around 200 members of staff marched across Salford University…
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30 April 2012
UCU today announced that members at Sunderland College will be balloted for strike action in a row over pay. The ballot will close on Friday 18 May. The college…
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30 April 2012
UCU has condemned proposals announced by Heriot-Watt University, to axe 25 % of staff in the school of textiles at its Borders campus in Galashiels. The cuts will…
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