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3 March 2009
UCU said today that Reading University's plans to axe its school of health and care flew in the face of new government plans and made a mockery of both national…
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27 February 2009
UCU said today that Reading University must be open about any plans to axe jobs and departments at the university. Worried staff have contacted the union over rumours…
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24 February 2009
Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry is among leading lights in the arts world who have attacked the University of Westminster over controversial plans to close its…
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17 February 2009
UCU today welcomed the decision by the University of Plymouth to save key academic jobs. The union said it was pleased that the threat of compulsory redundancies…
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12 February 2009
Reading University is under fire over plans to axe its School of Health and Social Care. Critics have slammed moves to shut a department that produces social workers…
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21 January 2009
UCU today slammed plans from Plymouth University to splurge £2.5 million on improvements to a local swimming pool, as it considers compulsory redundancies among…
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27 October 2008
An esteemed support service for hundreds of dyslexic college students is set to lose more than half of its staff after the deadline passed for them to sign up to…
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18 September 2008
UCU today blamed financial mismanagement at the University of Plymouth for the announcement of over 100 academic staff redundancies. The union said it was disingenuous…
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4 September 2008
UCU said today that a key ruling on university rules sent a clear message to all institutions that they cannot ride roughshod over regulation and warned any that…
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29 July 2008
Staff at the University of Wales, Lampeter, are protesting today over proposed job cuts. The protestors also warned that if the University does not halt plans for…
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