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10 September 2024
Responding to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's speech to Trades Union Congress, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said Labour is allowing universities to decay.
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23 May 2024
UCU has welcomed news that the government would be retaining the graduate visa scheme, but said we urgently need wholesale reform of higher education funding which…
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5 December 2023
UCU has slammed the government's proposal to raise the earnings threshold for skilled worker visas in the UK. The increase, from £26,200 to £38,700, will affect…
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21 November 2023
The 15 November vote in the Westminster Parliament, which failed to back calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, was a shocking failure by Westminster politicians to support…
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20 June 2022
In memory of the awful killing of heroic Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, UCU is donating to the Truth to Power Appeal.
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1 March 2022
An international group of experts have this month called on the UK government to address issues of job insecurity in UK universities. The call was in response to…
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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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