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23 July 2019
Colleges should be repositioned at the heart of a lifelong learning system for the 21st century, says the Transformative Teaching and Learning in Further Education…
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22 July 2019
An overhaul of university admissions is long overdue but should be informed by students and staff directly involved in the admissions process, the University and…
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19 July 2019
Staff at Nottingham College will take personal accounts of the damage new contracts are causing to them and their students directly to the governors, as they fight…
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17 July 2019
Ten trade union leaders have written to Ruskin College in Oxford to ask them to drop all disciplinary proceedings and withdraw threats of redundancy against staff…
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15 July 2019
Nottingham College faces weeks of walkouts in September and October after UCU members announced plans for a mammoth 15 days of strike action. The union said its…
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12 July 2019
Racism in universities is "widespread and widely tolerated" On Saturday, the Guardian ran a huge expose of racism of university campuses. The paper said its findings,…
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8 July 2019
UCU has welcomed plans from the TUC to ensure that working people and education are at the heart of a transition towards a low-carbon greener economy. The TUC has…
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5 July 2019
71% of university staff say insecure contracts have damaged their mental health Staff in UK universities working on insecure contracts say the lack of security…
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1 July 2019
Members of UCU at Bradford College will be on strike for three days this week in rows over job cuts and pay. Staff will walk out on Wednesday 3, Thursday 4 and…
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28 June 2019
Staff on casual contracts visiting food banks as they struggle to make ends meet Staff on insecure contracts working in further, adult and prison education are…
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