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14 September 2011
51¸£Àû Scotland welcomed the commitment from the Scottish government to broaden access to higher education and fund world-leading research.. Responding to the launch…
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14 September 2011
51¸£Àû today said it will be joining other unions in a day of action to defend pensions on 30 November. The union, which was one of four that took strike action in…
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University staff vote for 'sustained campaign of industrial action' as employers impose pension cuts14 September 2011
67 of the UK's biggest universities and over one million students affected • Vote follows imposition of two-tier pension system without members' agreement • Staff…
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13 September 2011
Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, today told the TUC Congress that he did not want education to be 'warped by the for-profit motive'. Mr Miliband was speaking in…
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13 September 2011
A report released today by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveals that the UK has one of the worst records for educational participation…
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9 September 2011
51¸£Àû Scotland has criticised the announcement that St Andrews University will charge £9,000 fees per year for students from the rest of the UK. In a statement* to…
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7 September 2011
A new report today warned that small print in the government's higher education white paper could pave the way for existing universities to be privatised. The report…
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7 September 2011
A new report by academics at the London School of Economics' Centre for the Economics of Education today predicted a 7.51% reduction in university entrance rates…
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6 September 2011
51¸£Àû today warned that new guidelines for university research will penalise female academics who take maternity leave. Under the draft proposals, which are part…
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6 September 2011
Up to 25,000 teachers and lecturers will gather in Westminster on Wednesday 26 October in a mass lobby to protest against changes to the Teachers' Pension Scheme.…
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