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9 March 2011
51¸£Àû Scotland condemned the decision by Robert Gordon University to derecognise the University and College Union (51¸£Àû) and Unite trade unions. The derecognition…
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9 March 2011
Well over a hundred thousand students (135,705*) at 8 Scottish universities will be hit with strike action this month unless a dispute over changes to staff pensions…
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8 March 2011
Well over a million students (1,241,655*) at 63 UK universities will be hit with strike action this month unless a dispute over changes to staff pensions can be…
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8 March 2011
As access regulator sets out guidance for universities wishing to charge higher fees, 51¸£Àû calls on government to look again at 'shambolic' and 'untried' system.…
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4 March 2011
51¸£Àû today called on the university employers to meet for urgent talks through the arbitration service ACAS to resolve the current dispute over changes to staff…
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Universities at greater risk of bankruptcy under new fees regime, warns National Audit Office report4 March 2011
The number of universities at risk of financial trouble is likely to increase under the government's proposals to axe large parts of universities' teaching budgets…
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2 March 2011
51¸£Àû today said universities faced rolling industrial action from Monday 21 March if the current row over the future of staff pensions could not be resolved. 51¸£Àû…
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2 March 2011
51¸£Àû said today that the universities minister, David Willetts's attempts to encourage universities to limit fees to around £6,000 for arts and humanities courses…
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2 March 2011
As pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline announces a £3m fund for graduates, 51¸£Àû says big business must finally start paying for benefits it enjoys from higher education…
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1 March 2011
51¸£Àû has called for a greater contribution from business to fund higher education. Speaking at a summit on the future of Scottish universities, 51¸£Àû Scottish official,…
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