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31 July 2020
Scotland's universities support over 72,900 jobs and add £4.6 billion to the Scottish economy, says a new analysis released today.
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31 July 2020
Universities typically support up to one additional job in the immediate local economy for every person they directly employ, according to a new analysis by Hatch…
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27 July 2020
Members of UCU are being urged to support their most vulnerable colleagues and put pressure on their universities as the union launches action to support…
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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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24 July 2020
Portsmouth South MP Stephen Morgan called on the vice-chancellor of the University of Portsmouth to think again over plans to axe staff in the English literature…
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23 July 2020
UCU has welcomed calls by the Labour Party for the government to ensure no university is allowed to fail, but said that more needed to be done now to protect the…
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23 July 2020
Staff, students, politicians and authors will be among the protesters at an online rally protesting against the University of Portsmouth's plans to slash jobs in…
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23 July 2020
A report from the Higher Education and Policy Institute said that decolonising higher education is vital to tackling discrimination, hostility and unconscious bias…
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21 July 2020
UCU has commented on a new support package for Welsh universities and colleges worth over £50 million.
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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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