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7 August 2020
"Towns and cities will fail if universities do" UCU's groundbreaking work looking at the impact universities have on local jobs and economies continued to pick…
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31 July 2020
New study demonstrates huge local economic impact of universities amid bankruptcy fears Universities typically support up to one additional job in the immediate…
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27 July 2020
Members of UCU are being urged to support their most vulnerable colleagues and put pressure on their universities as the union launches action to support…
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24 July 2020
Universities to cut thousands of academics on fixed-term contracts On Monday, the Financial Times reported that UK universities are cutting thousands of academics…
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23 July 2020
UCU has welcomed calls by the Labour Party for the government to ensure no university is allowed to fail, but said that more needed to be done now to protect the…
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23 July 2020
Staff, students, politicians and authors will be among the protesters at an online rally protesting against the University of Portsmouth's plans to slash jobs in…
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17 July 2020
UCU and the National Union of Students (NUS) have issued a joint statement calling on the government to stand up for the university sector. The unions were responding…
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17 July 2020
UCU accuses ministers of using looming financial crisis to try and impose severe restrictions on universities Yesterday UCU attacked the government's most recent…
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16 July 2020
UCU today accused ministers of using a looming financial crisis to try and impose severe restrictions on universities. Government guidance says not all universities…
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16 July 2020
A report from the Higher Education and Policy Institute released today found that two-thirds of PhD students want a career in academic research, but that seven…
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