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3 July 2008
UCU warned today that figures on graduate employment and salaries should not be used by the government to suggest that a degree is the path to guaranteed job security…
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17 June 2008
The government's response to a highly critical parliamentary committee report on cuts in funding for second-time higher education students was arrogant and contradictory,…
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12 June 2008
UCU said today that Sandwell College will face probable strike action if it does not reverse plans to axe GCSE and A-level courses. Up to 40 jobs are at risk under…
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5 June 2008
UCU Scotland today condemned the decline in the proportion of higher education students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Scotland, and called for greater vision…
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5 June 2008
UCU today welcomed the slight increase in the proportion of higher education students from disadvantaged backgrounds, but said more needs to be done to widen participation…
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28 May 2008
Opening day speech at UCU's annual Congress slams market in education and addresses UCU's role in international affairs Increasing the financial burden on students…
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22 May 2008
UCU today said that everyone involved in higher education had more to do to ensure everyone in society could maximise their potential. Commenting on a report from…
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8 May 2008
Over a hundred Huddersfield students are set to lose out after a college announced it will axe 16 A-level courses because it cannot meet new government targets…
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29 April 2008
UCU's branch at Lancaster University has launched a petition against job threats in continuing education resulting from the government's short-sighted cuts in 'ELQ'…
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23 April 2008
UCU said today that any increase in university applications was to be welcomed, but that the real challenge is to deliver an increase in students from the poorest…
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