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22 July 2011
Different areas of the same cities and counties in Britain have huge disparities in educational achievement, warns new analysis released today. The analysis, from…
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21 July 2011
UCU today questioned the point of Simon Hughes's report on access to education. The union said there was little point in a report published after key decisions…
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19 July 2011
The education select committee has today criticised the way the government handled the shutting down of the education maintenance allowance (EMA). The EMA was a…
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18 July 2011
Almost 60,000 women studying English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) could be priced out of education if the government pushes ahead with planned changes…
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15 July 2011
UCU said today that government plans to shut Latchmere and Brockhill prisons in September and transfer a further eight into the private sector made a mockery of…
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13 July 2011
Staff at London South Bank University (LSBU) will lobby members of the university's board of governors as they arrive for a key meeting tomorrow to decide whether…
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12 July 2011
UCU today accused the head of Newcastle College, Jackie Fisher, of 'de-Geordification', after staff were told that Newcastle College Group is to be rebranded to…
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12 July 2011
Two-thirds of universities will have a maximum fee level of £9,000 and a third of them will charge the full fee for all courses. UCU said today that it was not…
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11 July 2011
A meeting between the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) and representatives of the higher education trade unions took place today (Monday).…
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8 July 2011
A quarter of a million people on benefits may be priced out of education if the government pushes ahead with planned changes to benefit system, warns new research…
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