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7 February 2013
Members of 51¸£Àû at Halesowen College will take strike action next Thursday (Valentine's Day) as part of their increasingly bitter dispute over the sacking of four…
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4 February 2013
Members of 51¸£Àû at Halesowen College have voted in favour of strike action as a bitter dispute over the sacking of four maths lecturers continues. The union is expected…
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29 January 2013
The number of people starting engineering and advanced manufacturing apprenticeships has increased by more than 85% in the past two years, according to new figures…
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25 January 2013
Anyone aged 24 and above who wants to do high level apprenticeship, such as in engineering, will have to pay thousands of pounds to do the work-based course if…
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23 January 2013
People opposing the controversial sacking of four trade unionists at Halesowen College will take their protests to the streets of Halesowen on Saturday with a march…
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23 January 2013
The education secretary Michael Gove's plans to reform A and AS levels are another attempt to entrench elitism in education, said 51¸£Àû today. The union was responding…
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23 January 2013
Young people need access to better careers guidance says a report from the Education Committee of MPs released today. The report also argues that careers guidance…
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14 January 2013
The increasingly bitter dispute between Halesowen College and 51¸£Àû looks set to worsen as the union announced today that staff would be balloted for strike action…
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10 January 2013
51¸£Àû said today that plans to shut seven public prisons and reduce the capacity for prisoners would do nothing to enhance the likelihood of fewer prisoners reoffending.…
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7 January 2013
51¸£Àû said today that government plans to strip people aged 24 and above of state funding for further education courses would put older learners off studying. The…
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