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1 February 2021
UCU today said threats by the University of Liverpool to cut research-active staff in its Faculty of Health and Life Sciences would be disastrous during Covid-19.…
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26 January 2021
Staff at England and Wales's largest prison education provider, Novus, delivered a damning vote of no confidence in chief executive John Thornhill on Friday (22…
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21 January 2021
UCU has today responded to the publication of both the government's interim response to the Augar review of post-18 education and funding and the independent review…
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11 January 2021
UCU has today condemned the push by East Durham College for the majority staff to attend in-person whilst the country is in lockdown, even when teaching remote…
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5 January 2021
UCU has today called for all vocational exams to be cancelled immediately alongside proposals not to go ahead with GCSEs and A levels. The call comes as the Westminster…
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3 December 2020
Trade unions representing staff in English further education colleges have today slammed the decision by the Association of Colleges (AoC) to offer a 1% pay increase…
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25 November 2020
Commenting on the chancellor's spending review announcement UCU described it as a missed opportunity and called for more support for education staff, who have worked…
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25 November 2020
UCU has called for robust government action to reverse the growth in insecure work, citing the harsh impact on mothers in the workplace The call came as Maternity…
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24 November 2020
Nearly half of prison education staff don't feel safe at work according to responses to a survey published today by UCU. The survey of prison education staff found…
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18 November 2020
In a joint statement, UCU, the National Education Union (NEU), the National Union of Students (NEU) and Teach the Future (TtF) said prime minister Boris Johnson's…
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