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15 September 2009
UCU said today (Tuesday) that a motion at the TUC Congress in Liverpool calling for high heels in the workplace to be replaced by sensible and comfortable shoes…
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30 March 2009
UCU has welcomed new figures that show an increase in the proportion of female professors. However, the union warned that the higher education sector still had…
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18 February 2009
Commenting on new guidance and a toolkit to deal with tackling violent extremism in UK colleges, UCU said today that it was pleased the government had taken a number…
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16 December 2008
UCU today welcomed the Equality Challenge Unit's 'Equality in Higher Education' report, but said that greater transparency was needed across the higher education…
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13 November 2008
Key equality campaigners are amongst the speakers at a 'campaigning for legislation and liberation' conference being hosted by UCU on Saturday. Linda Bellos OBE…
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24 October 2008
UCU is to sponsor the largest gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) research in the UK, which is being held next month. The one-day conference…
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23 September 2008
UCU today commented on today's rejection by the advocate-general in the European court of justice in Luxembourg of the claim by Age Concern that compelling people…
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23 July 2008
Coventry University has today been asked to prove that it is not breaking the law over its controversial new proposals to alter its pay and conditions for staff.…
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16 July 2008
UCU today responded to the Communities and Local Government Committee's community cohesion and migration report. Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary, said: 'UCU welcomes…
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28 May 2008
Lecturers have agreed to 'name and shame' any universities and colleges which fail to implement anti-discrimination law. And the Human Rights and Equality Commission…
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