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14 February 2007
UCU has welcomed today's launch of the Disability Rights Commission's 'Disability Agenda', which sets out the chief public policy challenges regarding disability…
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14 February 2007
UCU has welcomed the call this week by children's minister Beverley Hughes MP for all employees to be able to request flexible working - but says current legal…
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13 February 2007
Campaigners opposing the closure of courses for visually impaired and disabled students at the Royal National Institute for the Blind Redhill College in Surrey…
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12 February 2007
The government has been accused of hypocrisy over its plan to withhold state benefits from jobless people who are unable to speak English and cannot demonstrate…
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31 January 2007
UCU has criticised the vice chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University for his recommendation that civil partnerships should not take place on university…
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30 January 2007
Northern Ireland's 16 further education colleges were hit hard by strike action on 29 January as college lecturers took their 6th day of strike action since last…
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26 January 2007
High levels of stress are widespread amongst staff throughout further and higher education and staff widely believe that management - far from addressing the issue…
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23 January 2007
At a national TUC rally to 'speak up for public services' on Tuesday 23 January, UCU, which represents lecturing staff in further education (FE) colleges, will…
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18 January 2007
Dozens of organisations including the Children's Society, the Refugee Council and the shopworkers' union USDAW spoke out this week to warn the government that its…
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11 January 2007
UCU is hosting a meeting on 15 January to organise a 'Save ESOL' campaign which will press government to reverse plans for cuts in funding for ESOL (English for…
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