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19 February 2013
Scottish universities need stronger safeguards and greater scrutiny of key decisions the UCU Scotland told MSPs The union said the current arrangements did not…
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31 January 2013
UCU Scotland has welcomed figures that showed a 7.1% increase in student applications to Scottish universities and an increase of 2% in Scots applying to UK institutions.…
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19 December 2012
Overall funding up, but teaching and research support cut UCU Scotland welcomed a real terms increase in funding for universities, but raised concerns that the…
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30 November 2012
Commenting on the news that the University of Strathclyde last night won the coveted Times Higher Education University of the Year award, UCU Scotland said the…
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22 August 2012
UCU Scotland welcomes increases in financial support for university students. The Scottish Government announced that from the next academic year (2013/14): Students…
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28 June 2012
The Scottish government has set out plans for a Scottish Code of Good Higher Education Governance. In a statement to the Scottish Parliament, Michael Russell, cabinet…
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28 June 2012
The number of graduates assumed to be unemployed six months after graduation remains steady in Scottish universities, according to higher education statistics.…
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25 June 2012
Staff at Heriot-Watt University lobby members of its governing body in a row over compulsory redundancies at the School of Textiles based at the Galashiels campus.…
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30 April 2012
UCU has condemned proposals announced by Heriot-Watt University, to axe 25 % of staff in the school of textiles at its Borders campus in Galashiels. The cuts will…
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29 March 2012
New figures reveal that Scotland has the highest proportion of students dropping out of university in the UK. Almost one in 10 students (9.4% in 2009/10) dropped…
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