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21 March 2007
51¸£Àû today said the chancellor needed to demonstrate his commitment to all areas of education. The union welcomed the extra money for the education sector, but warned…
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16 March 2007
Members of the Manchester University branch of 51¸£Àû have slammed university mismanagement and plans for 400 redundancies. At a packed meeting of the lecturers' union,…
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16 March 2007
The UK's newest university, Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, has become embroiled in an age discrimination row after refusing to extend the contract of a 65-year-old…
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13 March 2007
Women have been elected in the two key posts of the newly formed 51¸£Àû.  This afternoon Linda Newman was elected as the union's first president to create an all-female…
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12 March 2007
51¸£Àû today responded to a review of foreign language teaching, which recommends lessons should be compulsory for the first time in England's primary schools.  51¸£Àû…
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9 March 2007
Sally Hunt has been elected as the first general secretary of the University and College Union. The union was formed on 1 June 2006 following a merger between the…
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8 March 2007
A University of Ulster lecturer whose fixed term contract was not renewed was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against, a Northern Ireland industrial tribunal…
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1 March 2007
51¸£Àû has today responded to the spending review bid issued by Universities UK (UUK). 51¸£Àû joint general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'We hope that vice-chancellors…
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1 March 2007
The recurrent funding increase for English higher education institutions in 2007-2008 will actually leave many universities with real terms reductions, 51¸£Àû said…
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27 February 2007
51¸£Àû today said the prime minister was wrong to praise his top-up fees policy and that their full impact is yet to be realised or properly analysed. Responding to…
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