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18 October 2007
51¸£Àû today warned that attempts to shift the burden of risk on to members of the higher education pension system and force them to contribute more would be seen…
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17 October 2007
Lecturers in Bournemouth have expressed outrage and distanced themselves from comments made by the university vice-chancellor, Paul Curran, regarding the state…
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5 October 2007
51¸£Àû has welcomed government plans to invest in science and technology and the teaching of STEM subjects, outlined in the government's response to a review of science…
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1 October 2007
Four more teacher trade unionists have been murdered in recent weeks in the Colombian department of Antioquia, taking to over 1,000 lives the union death toll in…
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28 September 2007
51¸£Àû announced today that, after seeking legal advice, an academic boycott of Israel would be unlawful and cannot be implemented. Members of the union's strategy…
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25 September 2007
51¸£Àû today said that staff needed to be recognised for the extra 'unscheduled' work outside of teaching hours they put in with their students. A Higher Education…
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24 September 2007
On 21 September the board of Bournemouth University approved the compulsory redundancy of 50 academic posts. These are on top of some 70 posts lost through voluntary…
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13 September 2007
51¸£Àû president, Linda Newman, urged delegates at the TUC Congress in Brighton to back the union's fight against privatisation in further and higher education. Speaking…
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13 September 2007
51¸£Àû today warned that recent departmental closures in strategic subjects like the sciences must not be allowed to continue if the UK wants to ensure future students…
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12 September 2007
51¸£Àû today welcomed the positive results of the third National Student Survey (NSS). The survey of over 177,000 students revealed that over four fifths of students…
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