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24 July 2024
UCU added its voice to calls for increases to further education (FE) funding to help support the most disadvantaged students.
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11 June 2024
The next government must replace Ofsted inspections, make employers pay towards to the costs of building a skilled workforce, and help improve the pay and conditions…
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2 November 2022
After a hard-fought campaign to protect applied general qualifications (AGQ), BTECs are here to stay, with only a few Level 3 qualifications being defunded for…
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19 October 2022
UCU slammed plans to scrap thousands of level 2 qualifications and said government delays to the cuts show the changes are ill thought through and should now be…
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1 February 2022
New 'elite' sixth form colleges will divide 16 year olds into winners and losers said UCU.
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27 October 2021
In response to the UK government's autumn budget, UCU said the 'elephant in the room' remains the lack of trained college staff to meet the budget's ambitions.…
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11 May 2021
UCU today responded to the Queen's Speech in which the government outlined its plans to reform post-16 skills and education.
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29 March 2021
UCU today called on the government to properly support further education after years of cuts. UCU was responding to figures highlighted by the Labour Party showing…
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13 February 2021
In her first speech to UCU's annual congress as general secretary, Jo Grady set out the challenges workers in prison, adult, further and higher education are facing…
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27 January 2021
UCU said a litany of governance and leadership errors had led to money being squandered by Hull College Group.
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