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Leading news and reaction from UCU.
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9 May 2024
A levy of around 1% on employer National Insurance contributions for graduates could support the scrapping of tuition fees at no cost to the Exchequer.
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25 July 2022
The University of Roehampton has confirmed it will fire and rehire over 100 staff next month as part of its plan to shut down a number of courses, the majority…
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17 June 2022
UCU has written to the Office for Students (OfS) urging it to investigate the University of Wolverhampton's plans to cull 146 courses, which the union believes…
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31 May 2022
UCU has declared a dispute with the University of Wolverhampton and said today that it will be left with no choice but to ballot staff for strike action if the…
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20 May 2022
UCU has this week written to the vice chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton to raise concerns about the suspension of recruitment to over 100 courses, which…
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26 April 2021
Students held a protest against 27 job cuts at the University of Chester outside Chester Town Hall. They were joined by university staff opposed to the cuts.
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13 February 2021
In her first speech to UCU's annual congress as general secretary, Jo Grady set out the challenges workers in prison, adult, further and higher education are facing…
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2 October 2020
Manchester Metropolitan locked down 1,700 students on Friday night Last Friday night, Manchester Metropolitan University told around 1,700 students to self-isolate…
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29 September 2020
Responding to a speech by the prime minister on skills, UCU said further education desperately needed funding because of a decade of cuts under Conservative governments…
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28 August 2020
Scapegoats, U-turns, dithering and confusion reign in Westminster It's been another week of scapegoating, dithering and U-turns from the Westminster government.…
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