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23 September 2009
Staff at the University of Sheffield have been told to clean their own areas and consider pooling bins after cutbacks on cleaning staff. 51¸£Àû has criticised the…
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23 September 2009
51¸£Àû has warned that new guidelines on research funding are a threat to academic freedom and risk heavily restricting universities' chances of making significant…
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21 September 2009
51¸£Àû today (Monday) said that the Liberal Democrats' infighting over university tuition fees was further proof that political leaders were out of touch on the fees…
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21 September 2009
51¸£Àû today (Monday) said a CBI report might call for new thinking with regards to HE funding, but merely lists a number of ways to make UK students pick up the bill…
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18 September 2009
UNISON, NUS and 51¸£Àû have today launched a joint union campaign to stop nursery closures in universities and colleges across the UK. The unions are challenging the…
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17 September 2009
51¸£Àû Scotland welcomed the increase in the Scottish budget for universities with the government realising the importance of higher education in a recession. The…
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15 September 2009
TUC Congress today (Tuesday) backed calls from 51¸£Àû for greater investment in education. In the education debate delegates unanimously backed a 51¸£Àû motion that rejected…
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10 September 2009
51¸£Àû Scotland slams calls for the reintroduction of fees in Scotland and questions the legitimacy and wisdom of Lord Sutherland. Lord Sutherland called for the reintroduction…
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10 September 2009
51¸£Àû today (Thursday) warned HE minister David Lammy to keep politics out of university pay talks. The union responded angrily to the minister's speech at the Universities…
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7 September 2009
51¸£Àû today (Monday) welcomed Professor Keith Burnett to his new role as chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). Professor Burnett will…
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