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9 February 2010
Trade unions representing staff at the University of Westminster have accused the institution of plucking figures from the air to try and justify a round of 'punishing…
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8 February 2010
UCU Scotland criticised the Scottish government for slashing the numbers of new student teachers by over 1,500 (40%) this year. The union said the move would compromise…
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8 February 2010
UCU Scotland states that students would have their dreams of a university education shattered as an unprecedented increase in applications leads to a fight for…
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8 February 2010
UCU said today that thousands of students would have their dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts. The union said the rise in applications…
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8 February 2010
UCU today warned that 15,000 jobs were at risk across higher education if punitive government funding cuts went ahead. The union said that the government had to…
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5 February 2010
UCU today slammed the University of Cumbria's decision to close its Ambleside campus. Two hundred jobs are set to go across the institution and the union said shutting…
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4 February 2010
Strike action moved a step closer at the University of Leeds today as talks between UCU and the university broke down. The breakdown comes less than 24 hours after…
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3 February 2010
Union calls for urgent talks to safeguard jobs and win back staff trust Members of UCU at the University of Leeds have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of both…
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2 February 2010
UCU has called on the government to abandon plans for adult learning cuts after college leaders warned that hundreds of courses may face the axe A survey by the…
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2 February 2010
The University of Leeds has been hit with a formal challenge that accuses the institution of breaking key rules on how the university is regulated. The challenge,…
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