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6 June 2016
UCU CONGRESS In its preview of Sally Hunt's speech, the Times set out possible action to come over the summer and into the new academic year, warning that delegates…
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10 March 2016
UCU has warned that government plans to increase the role of 'for-profit private providers' in delivering English higher education risks damaging the status and…
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5 February 2016
UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, will tell a conference today that staff and students must continue to make the case for a fairer education system. Sally Hunt…
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10 July 2015
The government would put the UK's proud reputation for international excellence at serious risk if it pushed through plans to make it easier for private colleges…
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25 March 2015
The business, innovation and skills (BIS) select committee has warned that the benefits of a proposed transatlantic trade deal are "impossible to quantify". In…
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26 February 2015
A private college that was one of the main beneficiaries of the government's move to allow for-profit companies access to public funding has been banned from recruiting…
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24 February 2015
The government failed to heed explicit warnings about the dangers of vast sums of public money being given to for-profit higher education colleges, says a report…
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2 December 2014
Students at alternative higher education providers have claimed taxpayer-backed financial support they were not entitled to and 20% of students were not even properly…
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14 August 2014
UCU has expressed concern following news that A4E is to terminate its contract to deliver education at 12 London prisons because it was operating at a loss. The…
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13 August 2014
Commenting on a new report from the Independent Commission on Fees, UCU today called for more pressure on universities to increase social mobility. The report found…
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