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17 January 2008
Opponents of proposed government changes to funding for higher education will today give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the proposals. The Minister for…
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10 January 2008
The fall in the number of first-year enrolments in England and Northern Ireland universities in 2006-2007, where variable tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year must…
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9 January 2008
UCU today said the prime minister's response to a question about funding changes for university degrees revealed the contradictory nature of the policy. Asked at…
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4 January 2008
UCU said today that the government's launch of a consultation on arrangements and funding for tuition of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) was a welcome…
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20 December 2007
UCU Scotland today condemned the lack of involvement of key stakeholders in the taskforce on universities. It said the SNP government had broken its implicit agreement…
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20 December 2007
UCU is delivering a Christmas card to the Association of Colleges protesting at a proposed pay offer the union described as 'unacceptable'. Representatives from…
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11 December 2007
Keele University's council has approved a plan to close most of the School of Economic and Management Studies' current programmes in management, economics and industrial…
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10 December 2007
Views are being sought from UCU members on the issue of academic freedom and freedom of expression across UK further and higher education. A new discussion document…
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10 December 2007
Self-regulation was the theme of UCU's FE staff governors' conference which took place today. UCU general secretary Sally Hunt was among those attending the conference…
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7 December 2007
UCU today called for joined-up government thinking on the issue of translation services. As communities secretary, Hazel Blears, published new guidance on translation…
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