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4 June 2009
51¸£Àû today said it was outraged and astonished that universities minister, John Denham, had blamed poor teaching for an increase in the percentage of students not…
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4 June 2009
51¸£Àû today said that the drop in students from the poorest backgrounds studying at UK universities, coupled with an increase in the number of first degree students…
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3 June 2009
Members of 51¸£Àû at Leeds University today staged a protest over proposed job cuts. About 80 jobs are at risk at the university as part of a restructuring exercise…
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29 May 2009
Government and failing financial systems slammed as general secretary sets out union's plans for the next general election. The government must not make cuts to…
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27 May 2009
51¸£Àû today called on the government to protect jobs in further and higher education. Kicking off the three-day conference, 51¸£Àû president, Sasha Callaghan, said:…
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22 May 2009
51¸£Àû has accused the government of misleading the public and shirking its responsibility over its refusal to have a full independent inquiry into the financial mess…
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20 May 2009
The higher education unions - 51¸£Àû, EIS, GMB, UNISON and Unite - have unanimously rejected a 'derisory' pay offer from the national employers of just 0.4%. The unions…
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19 May 2009
London Metropolitan University (LMU) has today appointed Alfred Morris as its new interim vice-chancellor. The news comes as MPs prepare to press the government…
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19 May 2009
The number of complaints lodged by students against their universities increased by 23 per cent in 2008 from the previous year, according to the Office of the Independent…
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15 May 2009
Plans to axe the philosophy, politics and communications and statistics departments at Liverpool University have been dropped after protests from lecturers and…
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