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15 May 2020
Unions set out five tests government and colleges must meet before staff and students can return Staff and student safety must be guaranteed before colleges can…
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13 May 2020
Staff and student safety must be guaranteed before colleges can reopen, said unions representing staff in further education, as they set out five tests that must…
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8 May 2020
Government support package for universities brings conditions but no new money A much-anticipated announcement from the government on support for universities finally…
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3 May 2020
UCU says that the government's Covid-19 crisis assistance for universities does not deliver the protection or stability that students, staff and the communities…
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3 May 2020
Almost half of university applicants think that the coronavirus crisis will have a negative impact on their chances of getting into their first-choice university,…
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29 April 2020
The number of university staff being referred to occupational health and counselling has shot up in the past decade. The report, from the Higher Education Policy…
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23 April 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing recession will lead to 111,000 fewer UK and 121,000 fewer international first-year students attending UK universities this year,…
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16 April 2020
According to leaked plans, reported in the student newspaper Palatinate, the university wants to slash face-to-face teaching by as much as 25% , and outsource its…
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9 April 2020
The union described the proposals from Universities UK as "piecemeal" and said they failed to recognise the scale of the problem. UCU said in exchange for the type…
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6 April 2020
The union was responding to a poll from the Higher Education Policy Institute that found almost a third of applicants feel less confident they will get into their…
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