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9 September 2021
Education unions and campaign groups have today launched a set of downloadable climate and sustainability teaching resources for schools, colleges and universities…
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13 July 2021
UCU will today call on colleges and universities across the UK to do more to cut carbon emissions and embed climate education across the curriculum. The campaign…
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28 August 2020
Scapegoats, U-turns, dithering and confusion reign in Westminster It's been another week of scapegoating, dithering and U-turns from the Westminster government.…
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21 August 2020
A-level results chaos This week has been a grade-A government fiasco . It began with A-level students facing complete chaos . Last week they had received grades…
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14 August 2020
A-level chaos and confusion as minister accused of making up policy on the hoof A-level results day was one of chaos and confusion , rather than celebration yesterday.…
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31 July 2020
New study demonstrates huge local economic impact of universities amid bankruptcy fears Universities typically support up to one additional job in the immediate…
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24 July 2020
Universities to cut thousands of academics on fixed-term contracts On Monday, the Financial Times reported that UK universities are cutting thousands of academics…
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17 July 2020
UCU and the National Union of Students (NUS) have issued a joint statement calling on the government to stand up for the university sector. The unions were responding…
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17 July 2020
UCU accuses ministers of using looming financial crisis to try and impose severe restrictions on universities Yesterday UCU attacked the government's most recent…
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16 July 2020
A report from the Higher Education and Policy Institute released today found that two-thirds of PhD students want a career in academic research, but that seven…
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