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20 July 2021
UCU has today responded to the HEPI report into attitudes to higher education. UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: 'The level of hostility towards decolonising…
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11 May 2021
UCU today responded to the Queen's Speech in which the government outlined its plans to reform post-16 skills and education.
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2 October 2020
Manchester Metropolitan locked down 1,700 students on Friday night Last Friday night, Manchester Metropolitan University told around 1,700 students to self-isolate…
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1 October 2020
Manchester Metropolitan University vice-chancellor Professor Malcolm Press should resign immediately over his bungled handling of the Covid-19 crisis at the university,…
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1 October 2020
A group of MPs from across Leeds have called on the University of Leeds to move teaching online in an effort to stem the developing Covid crisis at universities.…
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1 October 2020
In a joint statement, UCU and the National Union of Students (NUS) have called for online working, students to be allowed to return home if they wish and funding…
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30 September 2020
Firefighters and education staff have warned universities that it is "dangerous and illegal" to block or lock fire exits, after pictures emerged of a locked fire…
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29 September 2020
UCU said the crisis unfolding on campuses made it clear that universities were not well prepared and his words were an insult to staff, students and their parents.…
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29 September 2020
Responding to a speech by the prime minister on skills, UCU said further education desperately needed funding because of a decade of cuts under Conservative governments…
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28 September 2020
UCU has written to prime minister Boris Johnson to urge him to make online learning universities' default position, protect students' education and stop any further…
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