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'Fully vaccinate students or face even worse disruption to education', UCU tells governments

23 July 2021

UCU has today issued a stark warning to governments across the UK that the chaos experienced by students in university and colleges last year is set to be repeated,…
Staff in post-16 education are having to fight UK government and employers throughout Covid crisis, says Jo Grady

13 February 2021

In her first speech to UCU's annual congress as general secretary, Jo Grady set out the challenges workers in prison, adult, further and higher education are facing…
Call to suspend face-to-face prison education as staff don't even have basic handwashing facilities

24 March 2020

Around two-thirds of prison education staff (63%) say hand washing facilities in their prisons are inadequate, despite government guidance which says regular hand…
Conference to hear of growing stress in colleges and universities

21 November 2006

Disturbing levels of sleeplessness, anxiety and exhaustion amongst lecturers in colleges and universities will be revealed at a conference on tackling stress at…
College and university staff receive support, information and counselling from new charity

2 November 2006

A new UK-wide charity for the further, higher and adult education workforce is launched today by the Teacher Support Network in partnership with the University…