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Leading news and reaction from 51¸£Àû.
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9 June 2008
51¸£Àû said today that it will be fighting compulsory redundancy in the computing department at Liverpool Hope University. 51¸£Àû members at the institution are unconvinced…
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6 June 2008
Keele University has one week to avoid the ignominy of becoming the first university to receive an academic boycott from 51¸£Àû. The union warned today that unless…
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5 June 2008
51¸£Àû has successfully won a permanent contract for a researcher at the University of Aberdeen who had been employed on a succession of fixed-term contracts for nine…
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5 June 2008
51¸£Àû Scotland today condemned the decline in the proportion of higher education students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Scotland, and called for greater vision…
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5 June 2008
51¸£Àû today welcomed the slight increase in the proportion of higher education students from disadvantaged backgrounds, but said more needs to be done to widen participation…
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2 June 2008
Minister of State for Higher Education, Bill Rammell, will host a number of events across the country with audiences of 51¸£Àû members debating academic freedom. The…
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29 May 2008
51¸£Àû this morning warned universities that if they didn't honour the third year of the national pay deal they would face the full force of the national union. Delegates…
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28 May 2008
Delegates at 51¸£Àû Congress this afternoon reaffirmed their commitment to helping international colleagues denied the freedoms they enjoy. A series of motions called…
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28 May 2008
Linda Newman, outgoing president of 51¸£Àû, told delegates at the union's annual congress today that contradictory government policy exposed problems at the heart…
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28 May 2008
Lecturers have agreed to 'name and shame' any universities and colleges which fail to implement anti-discrimination law. And the Human Rights and Equality Commission…
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