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13 August 2020
Students have spent much of this year working incredibly hard in unprecedented circumstances. School closures have particularly impacted the least affluent, who…
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13 August 2020
UCU said ministers have to stop trying to pull a rabbit out of the hat to fix the A-levels fiasco The union said ministers should use teacher predictions, as happened…
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3 August 2020
The University of Oxford has been accused of flouting government guidelines on reopening universities. The university has refused to share health and safety risk…
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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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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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