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30 November 2006
UCU has today responded to comments by prime minister Tony Blair on plans for more academies and greater access to the International baccalaureate, UCU joint general…
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30 November 2006
UCU has added its backing to an emergency fund for Iraqi academics. The fund, launched by the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA), will lobby the UK…
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27 November 2006
UCU believes staff governors in further education colleges can play a positive role in helping to maintain high quality courses. This message will be heard today…
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23 November 2006
UCU has expressed serious misgivings about territorial ambitions of Newcastle College (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) after Skelmersdale College's announcement yesterday…
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22 November 2006
UCU today told education secretary Alan Johnson that although his compliments about college lecturers were appreciated, the government needs to stop ignoring the…
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21 November 2006
Disturbing levels of sleeplessness, anxiety and exhaustion amongst lecturers in colleges and universities will be revealed at a conference on tackling stress at…
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20 November 2006
A new push in colleges in England that haven't yet brought lecturers' pay closer to that of school teachers was announced today by UCU. Thanks to determined action…
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17 November 2006
Guidance issued to colleges and universities on combating extremism on campus is an improvement on previous leaked drafts but won't solve all the problems and doesn't…
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16 November 2006
Strike action in Northern Ireland FE branches on 16 November was once again strongly supported by members, reports regional official Jim McKeown. UCU congratulates…
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15 November 2006
UCU has responded to elements in the Queen's speech regarding further and higher education. UCU joint general secretaries, Paul Mackney and Sally Hunt said: 'UCU…
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