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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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7 September 2020
UCU has said it had no confidence in the 'needlessly cautious' approach taken by the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) in its valuation of the pension scheme.…
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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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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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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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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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