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8 February 2010
51¸£Àû said today that thousands of students would have their dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts. The union said the rise in applications…
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8 February 2010
51¸£Àû today warned that 15,000 jobs were at risk across higher education if punitive government funding cuts went ahead. The union said that the government had to…
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5 February 2010
51¸£Àû today slammed the University of Cumbria's decision to close its Ambleside campus. Two hundred jobs are set to go across the institution and the union said shutting…
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4 February 2010
Strike action moved a step closer at the University of Leeds today as talks between 51¸£Àû and the university broke down. The breakdown comes less than 24 hours after…
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3 February 2010
Union calls for urgent talks to safeguard jobs and win back staff trust Members of 51¸£Àû at the University of Leeds have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of both…
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2 February 2010
The University of Leeds has been hit with a formal challenge that accuses the institution of breaking key rules on how the university is regulated. The challenge,…
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1 February 2010
51¸£Àû today said planned cuts for higher education exposed the failings of the government's confused university funding policies. The union said the cuts, coupled…
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28 January 2010
51¸£Àû today said it did not believe offering potential students hypothetical graduate premiums for different degrees was a helpful contribution to the debate on student…
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28 January 2010
Members of 51¸£Àû at the University of Sussex have voted overwhelmingly to ballot for industrial action if the threat of compulsory job losses is not withdrawn. At…
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Just 4% of Britain's poorest go to university; we need action not complacency 51¸£Àû tells ministers28 January 2010
51¸£Àû said today that the government needed to act decisively to improve the chances of the poorest people in the country attending university. As new figures on…
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