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14 May 2024
The Migration Advisory Committee has concluded its rapid review of the UK graduate visa route and recommended retaining the route in its current form.
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9 May 2024
A levy of around 1% on employer National Insurance contributions for graduates could support the scrapping of tuition fees at no cost to the Exchequer.
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7 May 2024
More than eight in 10 (82%) UK academics say universities' excessive use of digital technologies has harmed academic freedom.
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18 April 2024
UCU comment by Scotland official Mary Senior on the Scottish Funding Council's announcement of the indicative funding allocations for universities for the academic…
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18 April 2024
Staff at the University of Lincoln are poised to take a stand against brutal cuts. A consultation over potential strike action is set to begin Monday.
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5 April 2024
Staff at the University of Kent have backed strike action in defence of jobs. The result comes as the person in charge of the cuts, vice-chancellor Karen Cox, announces…
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5 April 2024
A strike ballot will open on Monday 15 April at Sheffield Hallam University, announced UCU today UCU has accused the university of pushing ahead with expensive…
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5 April 2024
UCU today confirmed staff at Goldsmiths University will begin a marking boycott on Friday 19 April over plans to sack more than one in six academic staff. The boycott…
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5 April 2024
UCU has attacked the government for cutting funding to creative arts courses.
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1 April 2024
Members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the UK's largest private pension scheme, have now had their benefits restored in full.
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